mannvsmarkWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“mann” and “mark” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,725
“mann” frequency rank
#949
“mark” frequency rank
11674
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mann mark
Definition A fairy chess piece that can move to any adjacent square. It moves like a king but is not a royal piece. Boundary, land within a boundary.

Letter map: mann vs mark

Shared letters muted; letters that set mann and mark apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mann
4 ch
mark

Corpus notes: mann and mark

mann and mark are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mann is recorded at frequency rank #10,725, classified as anoun. mark is at rank #949, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɑːk/.

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 11674, this pair ranks #485,751 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mann vs mark

Shared letters: am. Private to "mann": n. Private to "mark": kr.

"mann" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "mark" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mannamnn · mmann · mnan
  • markamrk · makr · markk · marrk · mmark · mrak

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mann" and "mark" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "mann" or "mark"?
"mark" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #949 in our English list, against #10,725 for "mann". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mann" and "mark".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mann" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mark" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #485,751 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mann" and "mark" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mann vs Marne". 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 #485,751 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list