marginadavsmarginadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: marginada is a participle, marginado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“marginada” is a participle and “marginado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,851
“marginada” frequency rank
#32,751
“marginado” frequency rank
77602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marginada marginado
Definition Forma del femenino de marginado, adjetivo y también participio de marginar. Que está al margen de su grupo social cercano, o de la sociedad en general.

Where the eye mixes marginada and marginado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

9 ch
marginada
9 ch
marginado

Look-alike desk: marginada vs marginado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marginada is [maɾxiˈnað̞a] while marginado is [maɾxiˈnað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “marginada” becomes o in “marginado”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77602, 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]. marginado is at rank #32,751, tagged as anadj, pronounced [maɾxiˈnað̞o].

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 77602, this pair ranks #15,755 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of marginada vs marginado

Shared letters: adgimnr. Private to "marginada": -. Private to "marginado": o.

"marginada" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV  ·  "marginado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marginadaamrginada · magrinada · margginada · margianda · marginaad · marginadda · margindaa · marginnada
  • marginadoamrginado · magrinado · margginado · margiando · marginaddo · marginaod · margindao · marginnado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "marginada" and "marginado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marginada" is a participle and "marginado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "marginada" or "marginado"?
"marginado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,751 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "marginada" and "marginado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "marginada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marginado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,755 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marginada" and "marginado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marginada vs marginadas". 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 #15,755 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