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

#7,752
“marcada” frequency rank
#14,644
“marcadas” frequency rank
22396
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marcada marcadas
Definition Forma del femenino de marcado, participio de marcar. Forma del femenino plural de marcado, participio de marcar.

Where the eye mixes marcada and marcadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

7 ch
marcada
8 ch
marcadas

Look-alike desk: marcada vs marcadas

A purely visual mix-up. marcada ([maɾˈkað̞a]) 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 extra letter(s) - “marcada” sits inside “marcadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22396, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

marcada is recorded at frequency rank #7,752, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾˈkað̞a]. 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 22396, this pair ranks #250,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of marcada vs marcadas

Shared letters: acdmr. Private to "marcada": -. Private to "marcadas": s.

"marcada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "marcadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marcadaamrcada · macrada · maracda · marcaad · marcadda · marccada · marcdaa · marrcada
  • marcadasamrcadas · macradas · maracdas · marcaads · marcadass · marcaddas · marcadsa · marccadas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "marcada" and "marcadas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([maɾˈkað̞a] versus [maɾˈkað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "marcada" or "marcadas" show up more?
"marcada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,752 in our Spanish list, against #14,644 for "marcadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "marcada" 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 #250,536 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marcada" and "marcadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maracas vs marcadas". 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 #250,536 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