Which to use
“marginadas” is a participle and “marginales” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,232
- “marginadas” frequency rank
- #16,636
- “marginales” frequency rank
- 54868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marginadas | marginales |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de marginado, participio de marginar. | Forma del plural de marginal. |
Where the eye mixes marginadas and marginales
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marginadas vs marginales
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marginadas is [maɾxiˈnað̞as] while marginales is [maɾxiˈnales]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marginadas is recorded at frequency rank #38,232, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾxiˈnað̞as]. marginales is at rank #16,636, tagged as anadj, pronounced [maɾxiˈnales].
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 54868, this pair ranks #81,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of marginadas vs marginales
Shared letters: agimnrs. Private to "marginadas": d. Private to "marginales": el.
"marginadas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "marginales" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marginadas ← amrginadas · magrinadas · margginadas · margiandas · marginaads · marginadass · marginaddas · marginadsa
- marginales ← amrginales · magrinales · margginales · margianles · marginaels · marginaless · marginalles · marginalse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marginadas" for "marginales" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marginadas" vs "marginales" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "marginadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marginales" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marginadas" and "marginales" 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 #81,432 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.