marca

/[ˈmaɾka]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,143

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

marca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de marcar. Pronounced [ˈmaɾka]. It ranks #1,143 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with masa and mata.

Key facts for marca
PropertyValue
Headwordmarca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmaɾka]
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,143
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of marca in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for marca is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaɾka]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,143 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for marca, with forms such as "amrca", "macra", and "marac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "masa", "mata", "mark", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is marca, spelled M-A-R-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de marcar.
  2. 2
    Señal distintiva que se aplica a algo para reconocerlo.
  3. 3
    En especial, la que denota el fabricante o productor de una mercancía.
  4. 4
    Por extensión, persona jurídica que posee una o más marcas₃
  5. 5
    Instrumento diseñado para dejar una marca₂
  6. 6
    Señal duradera que evidencia un proceso pasado.
  7. 7
    Baremo estandarizado de la calidad o tamaño de algo.
  8. 8
    Región fronteriza, en especial aquella militarizada o en disputa.
  9. 9
    Logro cuantificable y homologado, en especial el mejor en su categoría.
  10. 10
    Rasgo de una unidad mínima, en cualquier nivel de la lengua, que es la base de distinciones sistemáticas.
  11. 11
    Mujer que ofrece servicios o favores sexuales a cambio de dinero.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrca,macra,marac,marcca,marrca,mmarca,mraca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for marca

Misspelling Variants of "marca"

amrca5macra5marac5marcca6marrca6mmarca6mraca5
Misspelling Variants of "marca"

Frequency rank: #1,143 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marca"?
"marca" is spelled M-A-R-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaɾka].
What does "marca" mean?
As a noun, "marca" means: Acción o efecto de marcar.
What words are commonly confused with "marca"?
"marca" is commonly confused with "masa", "mata", "mark". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marca" is [ˈmaɾka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marca" come from?
"marca" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.