marcadavsmoradaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: marcada is a participle, morada is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“marcada” is a participle and “morada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,752
“marcada” frequency rank
#12,430
“morada” frequency rank
20182
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marcada morada
Definition Forma del femenino de marcado, participio de marcar. Acción de permanecer, residir o morar por algún tiempo en un lugar.

Where the eye mixes marcada and morada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
marcada
6 ch
morada

Visual trap between marcada and morada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marcada is [maɾˈkað̞a] while morada is [moˈɾað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20182, 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]. morada is at rank #12,430, tagged as anoun, pronounced [moˈɾað̞a].

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 20182, this pair ranks #260,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of marcada vs morada

Shared letters: admr. Private to "marcada": c. Private to "morada": o.

"marcada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "morada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marcadaamrcada · macrada · maracda · marcaad · marcadda · marccada · marcdaa · marrcada
  • moradammorada · moarda · moraad · moradda · mordaa · morrada · mroada · omrada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "marcada" and "morada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marcada" is a participle and "morada" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "marcada" or "morada" show up more?
"marcada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,752 in our Spanish list, against #12,430 for "morada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "marcada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "morada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,443 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marcada" and "morada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "morada vs moscada". 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 #260,443 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