# marks vs Mary

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### marks
*noun · IPA /mɑɹks/ · frequency rank #3,073*
plural of mark

### Mary
*name · IPA /ˈmɛə.ɹi/ · frequency rank #1,730*
A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marks-vs-mary