Which to use
“marchado” and “marchan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,120
- “marchado” frequency rank
- #15,418
- “marchan” frequency rank
- 35538
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marchado | marchan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de marchar o de marcharse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de marchar o de marcharse. |
Where the eye mixes marchado and marchan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marchado runs 8 letters (CVCCCVCV) against marchan's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between marchado and marchan
A purely visual mix-up. marchado ([maɾˈt͡ʃað̞o]) and marchan ([ˈmaɾt͡ʃãn]) 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 35538, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marchado is recorded at frequency rank #20,120, classified as averb, pronounced [maɾˈt͡ʃað̞o]. marchan is at rank #15,418, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɾt͡ʃãn].
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 35538, this pair ranks #185,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marchado vs marchan
Shared letters: achmr. Private to "marchado": do. Private to "marchan": n.
"marchado" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "marchan" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marchado" for "marchan" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marchado" vs "marchan" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "marchado" and "marchan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marchado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marchan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #185,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marchado" and "marchan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manchados vs marchado". 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 #185,535 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.