Which to use
“marcadas” and “marcados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,644
- “marcadas” frequency rank
- #12,196
- “marcados” frequency rank
- 26840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marcadas | marcados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de marcado, participio de marcar. | Forma del plural de marcado, participio de marcar. |
Where the eye mixes marcadas and marcados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. marcadas and marcados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between marcadas and marcados
A purely visual mix-up. marcadas ([maɾˈkað̞as]) and marcados ([maɾˈkað̞os]) 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 a single letter - a in “marcadas” becomes o in “marcados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marcadas is recorded at frequency rank #14,644, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾˈkað̞as]. marcados is at rank #12,196, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾˈkað̞os].
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 26840, this pair ranks #229,687 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marcadas vs marcados
Shared letters: acdmrs. Private to "marcadas": -. Private to "marcados": o.
"marcadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "marcados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marcadas" and "marcados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "marcadas" or "marcados" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marcadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marcados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,687 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marcadas" and "marcados" 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 #229,687 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.