Which to use
“marcado” and “marcará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,723
- “marcado” frequency rank
- #33,222
- “marcará” frequency rank
- 37945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marcado | marcará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de marcar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de marcar. |
Where the eye mixes marcado and marcará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. marcado and marcará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: marcado vs marcará
A purely visual mix-up. marcado ([maɾˈkað̞o]) and marcará ([maɾkaˈɾa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marcado is recorded at frequency rank #4,723, classified as averb, pronounced [maɾˈkað̞o]. 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 37945, this pair ranks #172,638 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marcado vs marcará
Shared letters: acmr. Private to "marcado": do. Private to "marcará": á.
"marcado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "marcará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- marcado ← amrcado · macrado · maracdo · marcaddo · marcaod · marccado · marcdao · marrcado
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marcado" and "marcará" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "marcado" or "marcará" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marcado" and "marcará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marcado" 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 #172,638 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marcado" 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 #172,638 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.