Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “object” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #32,693
- “object” frequency rank
- 57923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | object |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | körperlicher Gegenstand |
Letter map: marks vs object
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and object apart highlighted. No shared letter run. marks runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against object's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for marks / object
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and objectanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. object is at rank #32,693, tagged as anoun, 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 57923, this pair ranks #882,563 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs object
Shared letters: none. Private to "marks": akmrs. Private to "object": bcejot.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "object" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marks" and "object" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "marks" vs "object" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "marks" and "object".
- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "object" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #882,563 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "object" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "object 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 #882,563 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.