# mark

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɑːk/ · frequency rank #949

## Definitions
1. Boundary, land within a boundary.
2. Boundary, land within a boundary.
3. Boundary, land within a boundary.
4. Boundary, land within a boundary.
5. Boundary, land within a boundary.
6. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
7. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
8. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
9. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
10. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
11. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
12. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
13. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
14. Characteristic, sign, visible impression.
15. Indicator of position, objective etc.
16. Indicator of position, objective etc.
17. Indicator of position, objective etc.
18. Indicator of position, objective etc.
19. Indicator of position, objective etc.
20. Indicator of position, objective etc.
21. Indicator of position, objective etc.
22. Indicator of position, objective etc.
23. Indicator of position, objective etc.
24. Indicator of position, objective etc.
25. Indicator of position, objective etc.
26. Indicator of position, objective etc.
27. Indicator of position, objective etc.
28. Indicator of position, objective etc.
29. Indicator of position, objective etc.
30. Attention.
31. Attention.
32. Attention.
33. Attention.

## Etymology
From Middle English mark, merk, merke, from Old English mearc (“mark, sign, line of division; standard; boundary, limit, term, border; defined area, district, province”), from Proto-West Germanic *marku, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary; boundary marker”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).
Compare march.
Cognates
* Dutch mark, merk (“mark, brand”)
* German Mark (“mark; borderland”), Marke (“mark, brand”)
* Swedish mark (“mark, land, territory”)
* Icelandic mark (“mark, sign”)
* Latin margō (“edge, margin”)
* Persian مرز (marz, “limit, boundary”)
* Sanskrit मर्या (maryā, “limit, mark, boundary”), मार्ग (mārga, “mark, section”).

## Easily confused with
- **Mr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mr)
- **MK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mk)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-may)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mrs)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-max)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mat)
- **MRI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mri)
- **mir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mir)
- **mer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mer)
- **MOR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mor)
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mau)
- **maw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-maw)
- **MLK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mlk)
- **MEK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mek)
- **MRT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mrt)
- **MRC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mrc)
- **MRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mrp)
- **more** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-more)
- **mass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mass)
- **Mary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mark-vs-mary)

## Common misspellings (6)
`amrk`, `makr`, `markk`, `marrk`, `mmark`, `mrak`

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