Which to use
“marred” is an adjective and “mired” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,839
- “marred” frequency rank
- #36,669
- “mired” frequency rank
- 62508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marred | mired |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Spoiled; harmed or damaged. | A unit of measurement for color temperature. |
Letter map: marred vs mired
Shared letters muted; letters that set marred and mired apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. marred runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against mired's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for marred / mired
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marred is anadjective and miredanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marred is recorded at frequency rank #25,839, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɑːd/. mired is at rank #36,669, tagged as anoun.
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 62508, this pair ranks #88,101 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marred vs mired
Shared letters: demr. Private to "marred": a. Private to "mired": i.
"marred" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mired" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marred" and "mired" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "marred" or "mired"?
What to do next
You've compared "marred" and "mired". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "marred" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mired" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,101 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marred" and "mired" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mired vs miser". 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 #88,101 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.