Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “terra” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #16,564
- “terra” frequency rank
- 41794
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | terra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | Erd- |
Letter map: marks vs terra
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and terra apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. marks (CVCCC) and terra (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for marks / terra
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and terraanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. terra is at rank #16,564, tagged as anadj, 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 41794, this pair ranks #1,468,865 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs terra
Shared letters: ar. Private to "marks": kms. Private to "terra": et.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "terra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marks" and "terra" be used interchangeably?
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "terra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,468,865 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "terra" 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 #1,468,865 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.