MarekvsmariTell them apart

Quick tell: Marek is a name, mari is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Marek” is a name and “mari” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,913
“Marek” frequency rank
#1,335
“mari” frequency rank
40248
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Marek mari
Definition Marc. Homme uni à une autre personne par les liens du mariage, époux.

Letter map: Marek vs mari

Shared letters muted; letters that set Marek and mari apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Marek
4 ch
mari

Part-of-speech tell for Marek / mari

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Marek is aname and marianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marek is recorded at frequency rank #38,913, classified as aname. mari is at rank #1,335, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁi\.

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 40248, this pair ranks #241,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Marek vs mari

Shared letters: amr. Private to "Marek": ek. Private to "mari": i.

"Marek" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Marekamrek · maerk · marekk · marke · marrek · mmarek · mraek
  • mariamri · mair · marri · mmari · mrai

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Marek" for "mari" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Marek" is a name and "mari" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Marek" or "mari"?
"mari" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,335 in our French list, against #38,913 for "Marek". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Marek" and "mari".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Marek" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #241,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Marek" and "mari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magret vs Marek". 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 #241,906 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