Which to use
“marcaba” and “marcará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,706
- “marcaba” frequency rank
- #33,222
- “marcará” frequency rank
- 58928
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marcaba | marcará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de marcar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de marcar. |
Where the eye mixes marcaba and marcará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. marcaba and marcará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between marcaba and marcará
A purely visual mix-up. marcaba ([maɾˈkaβ̞a]) and marcará ([maɾkaˈɾa]) 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 58928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marcaba is recorded at frequency rank #25,706, classified as averb, pronounced [maɾˈkaβ̞a]. marcará is at rank #33,222, tagged as averb, pronounced [maɾkaˈɾa].
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 58928, this pair ranks #64,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marcaba vs marcará
Shared letters: acmr. Private to "marcaba": b. Private to "marcará": á.
"marcaba" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "marcará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marcaba ← amrcaba · macraba · maracba · marcaab · marcabba · marcava · marcbaa · marccaba
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marcaba" and "marcará" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "marcaba" vs "marcará" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marcaba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marcará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marcaba" and "marcará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marcará vs mareada". 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 #64,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.