Marx
/mɑɹks/
"marx" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Marx” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,567. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,567
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from German
Corpus desk
Index EN-marx · Marx · English
Marx · rank #11,567 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,567
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mans
Nearest frequency peer: mans (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Marx”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Leonardo
Leonardo
88,437 corpus weight
- manifest
manifest
88,436 corpus weight
- mans
mans
88,435 corpus weight
- Marx
Marx
88,434 corpus weight
- mets
mets
88,433 corpus weight
- mutually
mutually
88,431 corpus weight
What this shows “Marx” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Marx |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mɑɹks/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,567 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Marx”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Marx (IPA /mɑɹks/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #11,567 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marx, with forms such as "amrx", "marrx", and "marxx". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mr", "Mx", "may", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German Marx. The correct English form is Marx, spelled M-A-R-X.
Definition
- 1A surname from German
- 2A surname from German
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Marx appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
This is one of the developments Karl Marx failed to predict. Had he foreseen it he might have expired in guffaws, rolling in the aisle of the British Museum Library amid the notes for Das Kapital, that bearded Santa Claus of the revolution who slipped the unwanted gift of communism down the world's chimneys.
Etymology
Borrowed from German Marx.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amrx
- marrx
- marxx
- maxr
- mmarx
- mrax
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Marx - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Marx", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).