# Marsden

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #28,617

## Definitions
1. A suburb of Brisbane in Logan, Queensland, Australia.
2. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
3. A suburb of the town of South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3965).
4. A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0411).
5. A ghost town and former gold mining settlement in Grey district, West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand.
6. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English mearc (“mark, sign; boundary”) + -s- + denu (“valley”).

## Easily confused with
- **marten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsden-vs-marten)
- **Marston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsden-vs-marston)
- **maiden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maiden-vs-marsden)
- **madden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madden-vs-marsden)
- **Madsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madsen-vs-marsden)
- **Malden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malden-vs-marsden)

## Common misspellings (11)
`amrsden`, `mardsen`, `marrsden`, `marsdden`, `marsdenn`, `marsdne`, `marsedn`, `marssden`, `masrden`, `mmarsden`, `mrasden`

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