Which to use
“marge” is a noun and “Margery” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,155
- “marge” frequency rank
- #43,774
- “Margery” frequency rank
- 69929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marge | Margery |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Margin; edge; brink or verge. | A medieval vernacular form of Margaret, A female given name from Ancient Greek. |
Letter map: marge vs Margery
Shared letters muted; letters that set marge and Margery apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. marge runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against Margery's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - marge and Margery
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marge is anoun and Margeryaname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “marge” sits inside “Margery”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marge is recorded at frequency rank #26,155, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɑɹd͡ʒ/. Margery is at rank #43,774, tagged as aname.
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 69929, this pair ranks #52,581 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marge vs Margery
Shared letters: aegmr. Private to "marge": -. Private to "Margery": y.
"marge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Margery" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marge" for "Margery" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "marge" or "Margery" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "marge" and "Margery".
- Full dictionary entry for "marge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Margery" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,581 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marge" and "Margery" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Margery vs Markey". 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 #52,581 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.