martvsMrWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“mart” and “Mr” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,415
“mart” frequency rank
#192
“Mr” frequency rank
11607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mart Mr
Definition A shop, a store, a market. Abbreviation of Mister.

Letter map: mart vs Mr

Shared letters muted; letters that set mart and Mr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mart
2 ch
Mr

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

mart and Mr are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mart is recorded at frequency rank #11,415, classified as anoun, pronounced /mɑɹt/. Mr is at rank #192, 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 11607, this pair ranks #486,133 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mart vs Mr

Shared letters: mr. Private to "mart": at. Private to "Mr": -.

"mart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "Mr" · 2 letters · shape CC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • martamrt · marrt · martt · matr · mmart · mrat

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mart" and "Mr" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "mart" or "Mr"?
"Mr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #192 in our English list, against #11,415 for "mart". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "mart" and "Mr". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #486,133 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mart" and "Mr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Marne vs mart". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list