# mars vs Marty

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### mars
*verb · IPA /ˈmɑɹz/ · frequency rank #4,538*
third-person singular simple present indicative of mar

### Marty
*name · IPA /ˈmɑɹti/ · frequency rank #12,275*
A diminutive of the male given names Martin or Marten.

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