marcarávsmarchaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: marcará is a verb, marcha is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“marcará” is a verb and “marcha” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,222
“marcará” frequency rank
#1,020
“marcha” frequency rank
34242
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marcará marcha
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de marcar. Acción de marchar.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set marcará and marcha apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
marcará
6 ch
marcha

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marcará is [maɾkaˈɾa] while marcha is [ˈmaɾt͡ʃa]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34242, 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]. marcha is at rank #1,020, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaɾt͡ʃa].

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 34242, this pair ranks #192,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of marcará vs marcha

Shared letters: acmr. Private to "marcará": á. Private to "marcha": h.

"marcará" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "marcha" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marchaamrcha · macrha · marcah · marccha · marchha · marhca · marrcha · mmarcha

Frequency comparison

marcará#33,222
marcha#1,020

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "marcará" and "marcha" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marcará" is a verb and "marcha" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "marcará" or "marcha"?
"marcha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,020 in our Spanish list, against #33,222 for "marcará". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering marcará vs marcha

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “marcará”; for a noun, it's “marcha”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “marcará” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list