Which to use
“mention” and “mentions” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,909
- “mention” frequency rank
- #6,164
- “mentions” frequency rank
- 8073
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mention | mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A speaking or noticing of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. | plural of mention |
Where the eye mixes mention and mentions
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mention runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against mentions's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mention vs mentions
A purely visual mix-up. mention (/ˈmɛnʃən/) and mentions (/ˈmɛnʃənz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mention” sits inside “mentions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mention is recorded at frequency rank #1,909, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛnʃən/. mentions is at rank #6,164, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈmɛnʃənz/.
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 8073, this pair ranks #504,247 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mention vs mentions
Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mention": -. Private to "mentions": s.
"mention" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "mentions" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mention" for "mentions" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "mention" or "mentions" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mention" and "mentions" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mention" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mentions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #504,247 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mention" and "mentions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Menon vs mention". 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 #504,247 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.