Which to use
“marcada” is a participle and “marcará” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,752
- “marcada” frequency rank
- #33,222
- “marcará” frequency rank
- 40974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marcada | marcará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de marcado, participio de marcar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de marcar. |
Where the eye mixes marcada and marcará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. marcada 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 marcada and marcará
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marcada is [maɾˈkað̞a] while marcará is [maɾkaˈɾa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40974, 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]. 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 40974, this pair ranks #156,193 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marcada vs marcará
Shared letters: acmr. Private to "marcada": d. Private to "marcará": á.
"marcada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "marcará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marcada ← amrcada · macrada · maracda · marcaad · marcadda · marccada · marcdaa · marrcada
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marcada" and "marcará" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "marcada" vs "marcará" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marcada" 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 #156,193 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marcada" 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 #156,193 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.