market
/ˈmɑːkɪt/
"market" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“market” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #513 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #513
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | market |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɑːkɪt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #513 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “market” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for market is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɑːkɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #513 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for market, with forms such as "amrket", "makret", and "marekt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mart", "marks", "Marko", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English market, from late Old English market (“market”) and Anglo-Norman markiet (Old French marchié); all ultimately from Latin mercātus (“trade, market”), from mercor (“to trade, deal in, buy”), itself derived from merx (“wares, merchandise”).… The correct English form is market, spelled M-A-R-K-E-T.
Definition
- 1A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
- 2A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.
- 3Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
- 4A group of potential or current customers for one's product.
- 5A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists.
- 6A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
- 7The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.
- 8The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value or worth; market value.
Etymology
From Middle English market, from late Old English market (“market”) and Anglo-Norman markiet (Old French marchié); all ultimately from Latin mercātus (“trade, market”), from mercor (“to trade, deal in, buy”), itself derived from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Cognate with West Frisian merk (“market”), Dutch markt, Old High German Markt, German Markt, Danish and Norwegian marked (“market”), Faroese and Icelandic markaður (“market”), Swedish marknad (“market”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrket,makret,marekt,markett,markket,markte,marrket,mmarket,mraket
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of market - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “market”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-K-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmɑːkɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mart” - see the side-by-side comparison. market vs mart
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.