Which to use
“marks” is a verb and “Willem” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,230
- “marks” frequency rank
- #30,873
- “Willem” frequency rank
- 56103
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marks | Willem |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mark | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: marks vs Willem
Shared letters muted; letters that set marks and Willem apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. marks runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against Willem'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 / Willem
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marks is averb and Willemaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56103, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marks is recorded at frequency rank #25,230, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Willem is at rank #30,873, 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 56103, this pair ranks #953,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marks vs Willem
Shared letters: m. Private to "marks": akrs. Private to "Willem": eilw.
"marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Willem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marks" for "Willem" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "marks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Willem" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #953,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marks" and "Willem" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Willem". 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 #953,428 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.