marca
[ˈmarka]
The verdict
“marca” is uncommon German (frequency #71,604 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,604
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Marke
Corpus desk
Index DE-marca · marca · German
marca · rank #71,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,604
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Manuskripts
Nearest frequency peer: Manuskripts (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “marca”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mahner
Mahner
28,402 corpus weight
- manger
manger
28,401 corpus weight
- Manuskripts
Manuskripts
28,398 corpus weight
- marca
marca
28,397 corpus weight
- marginalisi…
marginalisiert
28,396 corpus weight
- Marlen
Marlen
28,393 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “marca” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marca |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmarka] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marca” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marca is uncommon German at frequency #71,604 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmarka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for marca in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is marca, spelled M-A-R-C-A.
Definition
- 1die Marke
- 2die Garderobenmarke, die Marke
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marca", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.