Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “Thompson” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #13,250
- “Thompson” frequency rank
- 38480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | Familienname, Nachname |
Letter map: marks vs Thompson
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and Thompson apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. marks runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against Thompson's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for marks / Thompson
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and Thompsonaname. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Thompson is at rank #13,250, tagged as aname, 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 38480, this pair ranks #1,562,862 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs Thompson
Shared letters: ms. Private to "marks": akr. Private to "Thompson": hnopt.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Thompson" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marks" and "Thompson" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "marks" or "Thompson" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "marks" and "Thompson".
- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Thompson" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,562,862 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "Thompson" 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 #1,562,862 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.