marca

Name: marca, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈmaɾ.kɐ/

//ˈmaɾ.kɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“marca” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,013. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,013
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,087
“M” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de marcar

Corpus desk

Index PT-marca · marca · Portuguese

marca · rank #1,013 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,013
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-MID 1,087
PHOTO-FINISH ilha

Nearest frequency peer: ilha (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

França

98,990
ilha

98,989
marca

98,988
medida

98,987
menina

98,986
metade

98,985

What this shows “marca” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

marca vs mata

60% similar

marca vs mora

60% similar

marca vs Mark

40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for marca
Property	Value
Headword	marca
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈmaɾ.kɐ/
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#1,013
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “marca”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.marcacai aqui:

#1,013

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ilha” (#1,012), “medida” (#1,014), “França” (#1,011). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “marca” fica em #1,013. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around marca (IPA /ˈmaɾ.kɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,013 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for marca, with forms such as "amrca", "macra", and "marac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mata", "mora", "Mark", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is marca, spelled M-A-R-C-A.

Definition

1
ato ou efeito de marcar
2
traço que, através da sua presença ou ausência, permite distinguir o que seria semelhante
3
nome e/ou sinal que distingue um produto; logótipo:
4
cunho, símbolo distintivo
5
sinal, letras ou emblema aposto para determinar a propriedade de uma coisa:
6
a craveira atingida por um desportista:
7
fronteira, limite:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how marca appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Roupa de marca.
O ex-libris é a marca que identifica o proprietário de um livro.

This word in other languages

tally(English)marca(Español)marque(Français)Marke(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amrca
macra
marac
marcca
marrca
mmarca
mraca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marca - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "marca"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marca"?

"marca" is spelled M-A-R-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmaɾ.kɐ/.

What does "marca" mean?

As a noun, "marca" means: ato ou efeito de marcar

What words are commonly confused with "marca"?

"marca" is commonly confused with "mata", "mora", "Mark". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "marca"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marca" is /ˈmaɾ.kɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "marca" come from?

"marca" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "marca", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

preso#1,020 china#1,005 verão#1,024 preço#996

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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