MarekvsmereTell them apart

Quick tell: Marek is a name, mere is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#36,240
“Marek” frequency rank
#5,812
“mere” frequency rank
42052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Marek mere
Definition A surname. Just, only; no more than, pure and simple, neither more nor better than might be expected.

Letter map: Marek vs mere

Shared letters muted; letters that set Marek and mere apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Marek
4 ch
mere

Part-of-speech tell for Marek / mere

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Marek is aname and mereanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marek is recorded at frequency rank #36,240, classified as aname. mere is at rank #5,812, tagged as anadj, pronounced /mɪə̯/.

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 42052, this pair ranks #252,734 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Marek vs mere

Shared letters: emr. Private to "Marek": ak. Private to "mere": -.

"Marek" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mere" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Marekamrek · maerk · marekk · marke · marrek · mmarek · mraek
  • mereemre · merre · mmere · mree

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Marek" and "mere" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Marek" is a name and "mere" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "Marek" or "mere" show up more?
"mere" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,812 in our English list, against #36,240 for "Marek". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Marek" vs "mere" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Marek" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,734 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Marek" and "mere" 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 #252,734 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