Which to use
“mark” and “maw” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #949
- “mark” frequency rank
- #30,495
- “maw” frequency rank
- 31444
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mark | maw |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Boundary, land within a boundary. | The stomach, especially of an animal. |
Where the eye mixes mark and maw
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. mark (/mɑːk/) and maw (/mɔː/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mark is recorded at frequency rank #949, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɑːk/. maw is at rank #30,495, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mɔː/.
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 31444, this pair ranks #346,079 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mark vs maw
Shared letters: am. Private to "mark": kr. Private to "maw": w.
"mark" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "maw" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mark ← amrk · makr · markk · marrk · mmark · mrak