Which to use
“marga” and “marías” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,564
- “marga” frequency rank
- #26,919
- “marías” frequency rank
- 57483
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marga | marías |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Roca sedimentaria grisácea, compuesta principalmente por carbonato de calcio y arcilla. Se deposita en ambientes marinos y lacustres. Se usa como abono y en la fabricación de cemento. | Forma del plural de maría. |
Where the eye mixes marga and marías
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. marga runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against marías's 6 (CVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: marga vs marías
A purely visual mix-up. marga ([ˈmaɾɣ̞a]) and marías ([maˈɾias]) 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 57483, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marga is recorded at frequency rank #30,564, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaɾɣ̞a]. marías is at rank #26,919, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maˈɾias].
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 57483, this pair ranks #70,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marga vs marías
Shared letters: amr. Private to "marga": g. Private to "marías": sí.
"marga" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "marías" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marga ← amrga · magra · marag · margga · marrga · mmarga · mraga
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marga" and "marías" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "marga" vs "marías" - which ranks higher?
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 "marga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marías" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marga" and "marías" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marga vs minga". 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 #70,336 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.