marginadavsmarginadasWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“marginada” and “marginadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,851
“marginada” frequency rank
#38,232
“marginadas” frequency rank
83083
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marginada marginadas
Definition Forma del femenino de marginado, adjetivo y también participio de marginar. Forma del femenino plural de marginado, participio de marginar.

Where the eye mixes marginada and marginadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
marginada
10 ch
marginadas

Why the eye confuses marginada with marginadas

A purely visual mix-up. marginada ([maɾxiˈnað̞a]) and marginadas ([maɾxiˈnað̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “marginada” sits inside “marginadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83083, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

marginada is recorded at frequency rank #44,851, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾxiˈnað̞a]. marginadas is at rank #38,232, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾxiˈnað̞as].

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 83083, this pair ranks #8,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of marginada vs marginadas

Shared letters: adgimnr. Private to "marginada": -. Private to "marginadas": s.

"marginada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "marginadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marginadaamrginada · magrinada · margginada · margianda · marginaad · marginadda · margindaa · marginnada
  • marginadasamrginadas · magrinadas · margginadas · margiandas · marginaads · marginadass · marginaddas · marginadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "marginada" and "marginadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([maɾxiˈnað̞a] versus [maɾxiˈnað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "marginada" or "marginadas"?
"marginadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,232 in our Spanish list, against #44,851 for "marginada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "marginada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marginadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #8,510 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marginada" and "marginadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marginada vs marginado". 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 #8,510 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