Which to use
“mágicas” is an adjective and “maracas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,395
- “mágicas” frequency rank
- #46,048
- “maracas” frequency rank
- 62443
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mágicas | maracas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de mágico. | Forma del plural de maraca. |
Where the eye mixes mágicas and maracas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mágicas and maracas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between mágicas and maracas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mágicas is [ˈmaxikas] while maracas is [maˈɾakas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62443, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mágicas is recorded at frequency rank #16,395, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmaxikas]. maracas is at rank #46,048, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maˈɾakas].
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 62443, this pair ranks #52,013 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mágicas vs maracas
Shared letters: acms. Private to "mágicas": giá. Private to "maracas": r.
"mágicas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "maracas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maracas ← amracas · maarcas · maraacs · maracass · maraccas · maracsa · marcaas · marracas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mágicas" for "maracas" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mágicas" or "maracas"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mágicas" and "maracas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mágicas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maracas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,013 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mágicas" and "maracas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maracas vs mirabas". 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 #52,013 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.