Which to use
“marcador” is an adjective and “mercado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,971
- “marcador” frequency rank
- #759
- “mercado” frequency rank
- 14730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marcador | mercado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que ou aquele que marca | local ou evento público onde mercadorias são negociadas |
Where the eye mixes marcador and mercado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. marcador runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against mercado's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses marcador with mercado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marcador is /mɐɾ.kɐ.ˈdoɾ/ while mercado is /meɹ.ˈka.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14730, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marcador is recorded at frequency rank #13,971, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɐɾ.kɐ.ˈdoɾ/. mercado is at rank #759, tagged as anoun, pronounced /meɹ.ˈka.du/.
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 14730, this pair ranks #57,270 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of marcador vs mercado
Shared letters: acdmor. Private to "marcador": -. Private to "mercado": e.
"marcador" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "mercado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marcador" for "mercado" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "marcador" or "mercado" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "marcador" and "mercado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marcador" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mercado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,270 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marcador" and "mercado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "melado vs mercado". 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 #57,270 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.