Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “Murks” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #40,715
- “Murks” frequency rank
- 65945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | Murks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | Arbeit mit schlechtem, fehlerhaftem oder unordentlichem Ergebnis |
Letter map: marks vs Murks
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and Murks apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for marks / Murks
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and Murksanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “marks” becomes u in “Murks”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Murks is at rank #40,715, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mʊʁks].
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 65945, this pair ranks #589,709 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs Murks
Shared letters: kmrs. Private to "marks": a. Private to "Murks": u.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Murks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Murks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #589,709 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "Murks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Murks vs Mutes". 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 #589,709 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.