marcadasvsmoradasWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#14,644
“marcadas” frequency rank
#35,148
“moradas” frequency rank
49792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes marcadas and moradas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
marcadas
7 ch
moradas

Visual trap between marcadas and moradas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marcadas is [maɾˈkað̞as] while moradas is [moˈɾað̞as]. 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 49792, 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]. moradas is at rank #35,148, tagged as anoun, pronounced [moˈɾað̞as].

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 49792, this pair ranks #106,802 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of marcadas vs moradas

Shared letters: admrs. Private to "marcadas": c. Private to "moradas": o.

"marcadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "moradas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marcadasamrcadas · macradas · maracdas · marcaads · marcadass · marcaddas · marcadsa · marccadas
  • moradasmmoradas · moardas · moraads · moradass · moraddas · moradsa · mordaas · morradas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "marcadas" for "moradas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marcadas" is a participle and "moradas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "marcadas" or "moradas" show up more?
"marcadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,644 in our Spanish list, against #35,148 for "moradas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "marcadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,802 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marcadas" and "moradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mirabas vs moradas". 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 #106,802 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