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

#35,604
“manadas” frequency rank
#14,644
“marcadas” frequency rank
50248
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manadas marcadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de manado, participio de manar. Forma del femenino plural de marcado, participio de marcar.

Where the eye mixes manadas and marcadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
manadas
8 ch
marcadas

Why the eye confuses manadas with marcadas

A purely visual mix-up. manadas ([maˈnað̞as]) and marcadas ([maɾˈkað̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50248, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manadas is recorded at frequency rank #35,604, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [maˈnað̞as]. marcadas is at rank #14,644, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾˈkað̞as].

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 50248, this pair ranks #104,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manadas vs marcadas

Shared letters: adms. Private to "manadas": n. Private to "marcadas": cr.

"manadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "marcadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manadasamnadas · maandas · manaads · manadass · manaddas · manadsa · mandaas · mannadas
  • marcadasamrcadas · macradas · maracdas · marcaads · marcadass · marcaddas · marcadsa · marccadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manadas" and "marcadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([maˈnað̞as] versus [maɾˈkað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "manadas" or "marcadas" show up more?
"marcadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,644 in our Spanish list, against #35,604 for "manadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marcadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,256 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manadas" and "marcadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manadas vs menudas". 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 #104,256 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