Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “Mary” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #4,536
- “Mary” frequency rank
- 29766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | Mary |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | weiblicher Vorname |
Letter map: marks vs Mary
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and Mary apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - marks and Mary
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and Maryaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Mary is at rank #4,536, tagged as aname, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29766, this pair ranks #1,760,716 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs Mary
Shared letters: amr. Private to "marks": ks. Private to "Mary": y.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Mary" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marks" and "Mary" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "marks" vs "Mary" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "marks" vs "Mary" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mary" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,760,716 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "Mary" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marks vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,760,716 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.