Which to use
“marcará” and “marcaron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,222
- “marcará” frequency rank
- #15,416
- “marcaron” frequency rank
- 48638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marcará | marcaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de marcar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de marcar. |
Where the eye mixes marcará and marcaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marcará runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against marcaron's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between marcará and marcaron
A purely visual mix-up. marcará ([maɾkaˈɾa]) and marcaron ([maɾˈkaɾõn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marcará is recorded at frequency rank #33,222, classified as averb, pronounced [maɾkaˈɾa]. marcaron is at rank #15,416, tagged as averb, pronounced [maɾˈkaɾõn].
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 48638, this pair ranks #113,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marcará vs marcaron
Shared letters: acmr. Private to "marcará": á. Private to "marcaron": no.
"marcará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "marcaron" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marcaron ← amrcaron · macraron · maracron · marcaorn · marcarno · marcaronn · marcarron · marccaron
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marcará" for "marcaron" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marcará" vs "marcaron" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marcará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marcaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marcará" and "marcaron" 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 #113,339 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.