mark

\maʁk\

/\maʁk\/ noun

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The verdict

“mark” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,777. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,777
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reichsmark.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mark · mark · French

mark · rank #3,777 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,777
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mario

Nearest frequency peer: Mario (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mark »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mark » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mark vs MR
0% similar
mark vs MK
0% similar
mark vs mer
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mark
PropertyValue
Headwordmark
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\maʁk\
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,777
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mark »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.markse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Mario » (#3,776), « marquer » (#3,778), « maillot » (#3,775). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mark » est au #3,777. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mark (IPA \maʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,777 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mark, with forms such as "amrk", "makr", and "markk". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MR", "MK", "mer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mark, spelled M-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Reichsmark.
  2. 2
    Deutschemark.
  3. 3
    Mark finlandais
  4. 4
    Projectile de skeet.
  5. 5
    Fan, souvent jeune, inconscient de l'aspect prédéterminé des combats.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A mesure qu’augmentait les émissions de papier-monnaie, s’accentuait la dépréciation du mark, et de plus en plus les particuliers s’efforçaient, quand ils recevaient de billets, de les échanger aussitôt contre des marchandises.
  2. Ma pensée n’était plus (ou pas encore) sur la question du taux de change mark-franc lorsqu’un garde-mobile me prévient que la route en direction de Chindrieux est libre.

Synonyms

markka

This word in other languages

Mark(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrk
  • makr
  • markk
  • marrk
  • mmark
  • mrak

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mark - 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.

amrk2makr2markk1marrk1mmark1mrak2
Edit distance from "mark"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mark"?
"mark" is spelled M-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is \maʁk\.
What does "mark" mean?
As a noun, "mark" means: Reichsmark.
What words are commonly confused with "mark"?
"mark" is commonly confused with "MR", "MK", "mer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mark" is \maʁk\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mark" come from?
"mark" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mark", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

onze#3,783feux#3,756déçu#3,752Tony#3,808

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Mario6 variantsoiseau6 variantsjulie6 variantsGilles6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list