# marsh

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɑɹʃ/ · frequency rank #8,687

## Definitions
1. An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants.

## Etymology
From Middle English merssh, from Old English mersċ, merisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *marisk, derived from *mari, equivalent to mere (“sea, body of water”) + -ish. Doublet of marish, morass, and merse. Cognate with West Frisian mersk, Dutch meers (“grassland, meadow”) and Dutch moeras, German Marsch. More at mere.

## Easily confused with
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mrs)
- **mass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mass)
- **Mary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mary)
- **math** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-math)
- **mask** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mask)
- **mesh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mesh)
- **mart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mart)
- **Marx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-marx)
- **mats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mats)
- **mash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mash)
- **mast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mast)
- **Mays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mays)
- **mush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mush)
- **maru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-maru)
- **marv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-marv)
- **MRSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mrsa)
- **masa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-masa)
- **mosh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mosh)
- **MERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-mers)
- **match** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marsh-vs-match)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amrsh`, `marhs`, `marrsh`, `marshh`, `marssh`, `masrh`, `mmarsh`, `mrash`

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