Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “Maus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #4,634
- “Maus” frequency rank
- 29864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | Maus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | kleines graues oder braunes Säugetier mit überwiegend langem Schwanz, rattenähnlich, in der Zuchtform auch weiß oder schwarz |
Letter map: marks vs Maus
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and Maus apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for marks / Maus
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and Mausanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Maus is at rank #4,634, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maʊ̯s].
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 29864, this pair ranks #1,758,818 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs Maus
Shared letters: ams. Private to "marks": kr. Private to "Maus": u.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Maus" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marks" and "Maus" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "marks" or "Maus" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "marks" and "Maus". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Maus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,758,818 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "Maus" 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 #1,758,818 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.