# remark

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/ · frequency rank #11,952

## Definitions
1. An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
2. An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something
3. A casual observation, comment, or statement
4. Alternative form of remarque.

## Etymology
From Middle French remarquer, from Old French remarquer, from re- (“again”) + marquer (“to mark”); see mark.

## Easily confused with
- **reward** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remark-vs-reward)
- **retard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remark-vs-retard)
- **rework** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remark-vs-rework)
- **Renard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remark-vs-renard)
- **remarks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remark-vs-remarks)
- **remarry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remark-vs-remarry)
- **remarked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remark-vs-remarked)
- **rear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rear-vs-remark)
- **rebar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rebar-vs-remark)
- **remain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remain-vs-remark)
- **regard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regard-vs-remark)
- **remake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remake-vs-remark)
- **remade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remade-vs-remark)
- **remand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/remand-vs-remark)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ermark`, `reamrk`, `remakr`, `remarkk`, `remarrk`, `remmark`, `remrak`, `rmeark`, `rremark`

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