mamadasvsmaracasConfusable pair

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“mamadas” and “maracas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,900
“mamadas” frequency rank
#46,048
“maracas” frequency rank
62948
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mamadas maracas
Definition Forma del plural de mamada. Forma del plural de maraca.

Where the eye mixes mamadas and maracas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mamadas and maracas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
mamadas
7 ch
maracas

Visual trap between mamadas and maracas

A purely visual mix-up. mamadas ([maˈmað̞as]) and maracas ([maˈɾakas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mamadas is recorded at frequency rank #16,900, classified as anoun, pronounced [maˈmað̞as]. 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 62948, this pair ranks #50,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mamadas vs maracas

Shared letters: ams. Private to "mamadas": d. Private to "maracas": cr.

"mamadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "maracas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mamadas ← ammadas · maamdas · mamaads · mamadass · mamaddas · mamadsa · mamdaas · mammadas
  • maracas ← amracas · maarcas · maraacs · maracass · maraccas · maracsa · marcaas · marracas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mamadas" and "maracas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([maˈmað̞as] versus [maˈɾakas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mamadas" vs "maracas" - which ranks higher?
"mamadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,900 in our Spanish list, against #46,048 for "maracas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "mamadas" and "maracas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mamadas" 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 #50,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mamadas" 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 #50,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list