Which to use
“marea” is a noun and “mareada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,022
- “marea” frequency rank
- #44,307
- “mareada” frequency rank
- 52329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marea | mareada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ascenso o flujo del agua que da lugar a la pleamar y descenso o reflujo que motiva la bajamar. Es un fenómeno que ocurre dos veces al día, ocasionado por la atracción gravitatoria de la Luna y del Sol. | Forma del femenino de mareado, participio de marear. |
Where the eye mixes marea and mareada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between marea and mareada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marea is [maˈɾea] while mareada is [maɾeˈað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “marea” sits inside “mareada”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marea is recorded at frequency rank #8,022, classified as anoun, pronounced [maˈɾea]. mareada is at rank #44,307, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾeˈað̞a].
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 52329, this pair ranks #93,235 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marea vs mareada
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "marea": -. Private to "mareada": d.
"marea" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mareada" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marea" and "mareada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "marea" or "mareada"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mareada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,235 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marea" and "mareada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mandada 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 #93,235 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.