MarekvsmazeWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#38,913
“Marek” frequency rank
#40,371
“maze” frequency rank
79284
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Marek maze
Definition Marc. Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mazer.

Letter map: Marek vs maze

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

5 ch
Marek
4 ch
maze

Part-of-speech tell for Marek / maze

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Marek is aname and mazeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Marek is recorded at frequency rank #38,913, classified as aname. maze is at rank #40,371, tagged as averb, pronounced \maz\.

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 79284, this pair ranks #23,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Marek vs maze

Shared letters: aem. Private to "Marek": kr. Private to "maze": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Marekamrek · maerk · marekk · marke · marrek · mmarek · mraek
  • mazeamze · maez · mazze · mmaze · mzae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Marek" for "maze" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Marek" is a name and "maze" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Marek" or "maze" show up more?
"Marek" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,913 in our French list, against #40,371 for "maze". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Marek" and "maze". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Marek" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,682 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Marek" and "maze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maid vs maze". 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 #23,682 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