mardisvsmarksWhich spelling fits?

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“mardis” and “marks” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,035
“mardis” frequency rank
#19,341
“marks” frequency rank
44376
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mardis marks
Definition Pluriel de mardi. Pluriel de mark.

Where the eye mixes mardis and marks

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
mardis
5 ch
marks

Look-alike desk: mardis vs marks

A purely visual mix-up. mardis (\maʁ.di\) and marks (\maʁk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mardis is recorded at frequency rank #25,035, classified as anoun, pronounced \maʁ.di\. marks is at rank #19,341, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʁk\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 44376, this pair ranks #210,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mardis vs marks

Shared letters: amrs. Private to "mardis": di. Private to "marks": k.

"mardis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "marks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mardisamrdis · madris · marddis · mardiss · mardsi · marids · marrdis · mmardis
  • marksamrks · makrs · markks · markss · marrks · marsk · mmarks · mraks

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mardis" and "marks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\maʁ.di\ versus \maʁk\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mardis" vs "marks" - which ranks higher?
"marks" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,341 in our French list, against #25,035 for "mardis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "mardis" and "marks" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mardis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #210,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mardis" and "marks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mardis vs mercis". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #210,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list