Which to use
“marea” is a noun and “mareado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,022
- “marea” frequency rank
- #35,610
- “mareado” frequency rank
- 43632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marea | mareado |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Participio de marear. |
Where the eye mixes marea and mareado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between marea and mareado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marea is [maˈɾea] while mareado is [maɾeˈað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “marea” sits inside “mareado”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43632, 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]. mareado is at rank #35,610, tagged as averb, pronounced [maɾeˈað̞o].
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 43632, this pair ranks #141,571 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marea vs mareado
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "marea": -. Private to "mareado": do.
"marea" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mareado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "marea" and "mareado" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "marea" or "mareado" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marea" and "mareado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mareado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,571 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marea" and "mareado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mamado vs mareado". 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 #141,571 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.