madevsmandenConfusable pair

Which to use

“made” and “manden” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,860
“made” frequency rank
#12,419
“manden” frequency rank
25279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature made manden
Definition Pasado simple del verbo (to) make. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de mandar o de mandarse.

Where the eye mixes made and manden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
made
6 ch
manden

Visual trap between made and manden

A purely visual mix-up. made (/meɪd/) and manden ([ˈmãn̪d̪ẽn]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

made is recorded at frequency rank #12,860, classified as averb, pronounced /meɪd/. manden is at rank #12,419, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmãn̪d̪ẽn].

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 25279, this pair ranks #237,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of made vs manden

Shared letters: adem. Private to "made": -. Private to "manden": n.

"made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "manden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • madeamde · madde · maed · mdae · mmade
  • mandenamnden · madnen · mandden · mandenn · mandne · manedn · mannden · mmanden

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "made" and "manden" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/meɪd/ versus [ˈmãn̪d̪ẽn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "made" vs "manden" - which ranks higher?
"manden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,419 in our Spanish list, against #12,860 for "made". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "made" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #237,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "made" and "manden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "made vs makes". 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 #237,199 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list