Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “ranges” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #30,731
- “ranges” frequency rank
- 55961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | ranges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | Plural des Substantivs range |
Letter map: marks vs ranges
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and ranges apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. marks runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against ranges's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for marks / ranges
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and rangesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. ranges is at rank #30,731, 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 55961, this pair ranks #958,969 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs ranges
Shared letters: ars. Private to "marks": km. Private to "ranges": egn.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "ranges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marks" for "ranges" ever safe?
Which is more common, "marks" or "ranges"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "marks" and "ranges".
- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ranges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #958,969 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "ranges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ranges". 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 #958,969 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.