Marek vs marked, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Marek” is a name and “marked” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,240
“Marek” frequency rank: #3,007
“marked” frequency rank: 39247
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Marek	marked
Definition	A surname.	Having a visible or identifying mark.

Letter map: Marek vs marked

Shared letters muted; letters that set Marek and marked apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

Marek

6 ch

marked

Grammar separator: Marek vs marked

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Marek is aname and markedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marek is recorded at frequency rank #36,240, classified as aname. marked is at rank #3,007, tagged as anadj, pronounced /mɑːkt/.

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 39247, this pair ranks #278,428 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Marek vs marked

Shared letters: aekmr. Private to "Marek": -. Private to "marked": d.

"Marek" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "marked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

Marek ← amrek · maerk · marekk · marke · marrek · mmarek · mraek
marked ← amrked · makred · marekd · markde · markedd · markked · marrked · mmarked

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Marek" for "marked" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Marek" is a name and "marked" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "Marek" or "marked"?

"marked" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,007 in our English list, against #36,240 for "Marek". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Marek" and "marked".

Full dictionary entry for "Marek" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "marked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #278,428 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Marek" and "marked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marek 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 #278,428 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.