mareadavsmiradaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mareada is a participle, mirada is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mareada” is a participle and “mirada” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,307
“mareada” frequency rank
#1,644
“mirada” frequency rank
45951
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mareada mirada
Definition Forma del femenino de mareado, participio de marear. Acción o efecto de mirar.

Where the eye mixes mareada and mirada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
mareada
6 ch
mirada

Look-alike desk: mareada vs mirada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mareada is [maɾeˈað̞a] while mirada is [miˈɾað̞a]. 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 (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mareada is recorded at frequency rank #44,307, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾeˈað̞a]. mirada is at rank #1,644, tagged as anoun, pronounced [miˈɾað̞a].

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 45951, this pair ranks #128,516 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mareada vs mirada

Shared letters: admr. Private to "mareada": e. Private to "mirada": i.

"mareada" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "mirada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mareadaamreada · maerada · maraeda · mareaad · mareadda · maredaa · marreada · mmareada
  • miradaimrada · miarda · miraad · miradda · mirdaa · mirrada · mmirada · mriada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mareada" and "mirada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mareada" is a participle and "mirada" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mareada" or "mirada"?
"mirada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,644 in our Spanish list, against #44,307 for "mareada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mareada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mirada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #128,516 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mareada" and "mirada" 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 #128,516 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list