marea
[maˈɾea]
The verdict
“marea” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,022
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ascenso o flujo del agua que da lugar a la pleamar y descenso o reflujo que motiva la bajamar. Es un fenómeno que ocurre dos veces al día, ocasionado por la atracción gravitatoria de la Luna y del ...
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Index ES-marea · marea · Spanish
marea · rank #8,022 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,022
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH marrón
Nearest frequency peer: marrón (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “marea”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Malvinas
Malvinas
91,982 corpus weight
- maniobra
maniobra
91,981 corpus weight
- marea
marea
91,979 corpus weight
- marrón
marrón
91,978 corpus weight
- meten
meten
91,977 corpus weight
- metodología
metodología
91,976 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “marea” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈɾea] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “marea” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around marea (IPA [maˈɾea]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,022 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for marea, with forms such as "amrea", "maera", and "marae". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mea", "masa", "mata", 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is marea, spelled M-A-R-E-A.
Definition
- 1Ascenso o flujo del agua que da lugar a la pleamar y descenso o reflujo que motiva la bajamar. Es un fenómeno que ocurre dos veces al día, ocasionado por la atracción gravitatoria de la Luna y del Sol.
- 2Agua que sube en la pleamar y baja en la bajamar.
- 3Franja costera que queda descubierta en la bajamar y vuelve a ser cubierta por el agua en la pleamar.
- 4Resultado de la labor de pesca de una jornada.
- 5Brisa que sopla desde el mar hacia tierra.
- 6Viento que sopla en los cauces de cursos de agua dulce y barrancos.
- 7Muchedumbre de gente que aparece en un lugar.
- 8Lluvia tenue, corta y pasajera.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amrea
- maera
- marae
- marrea
- mmarea
- mraea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marea - 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.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marea", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "marea". Here's where to go from here.
- "marea" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Mea". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #8,022 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.