Which to use
“marginado” is an adjective and “marginados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,751
- “marginado” frequency rank
- #21,401
- “marginados” frequency rank
- 54152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marginado | marginados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que está al margen de su grupo social cercano, o de la sociedad en general. | Forma del plural de marginado, participio de marginar. |
Where the eye mixes marginado and marginados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: marginado vs marginados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marginado is [maɾxiˈnað̞o] while marginados is [maɾxiˈnað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “marginado” sits inside “marginados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marginado is recorded at frequency rank #32,751, classified as anadj, pronounced [maɾxiˈnað̞o]. marginados is at rank #21,401, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [maɾxiˈnað̞os].
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 54152, this pair ranks #84,592 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marginado vs marginados
Shared letters: adgimnor. Private to "marginado": -. Private to "marginados": s.
"marginado" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCV · "marginados" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marginado ← amrginado · magrinado · margginado · margiando · marginaddo · marginaod · margindao · marginnado
- marginados ← amrginados · magrinados · margginados · margiandos · marginaddos · marginadoss · marginadso · marginaods
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "marginado" and "marginados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "marginado" or "marginados"?
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 "marginado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marginados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,592 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marginado" and "marginados" 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 #84,592 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.