Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “regine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #32,738
- “regine” frequency rank
- 57968
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | regine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | Plural des Substantivs regina |
Letter map: marks vs regine
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and regine apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. marks runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against regine's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - marks and regine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and regineanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. regine is at rank #32,738, 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 57968, this pair ranks #880,743 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs regine
Shared letters: r. Private to "marks": akms. Private to "regine": egin.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "regine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marks" and "regine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "marks" or "regine" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "marks" vs "regine" 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 "regine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #880,743 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "regine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs regine". 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 #880,743 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.