Which to use
“made” is a verb and “mano” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,860
- “made” frequency rank
- #342
- “mano” frequency rank
- 13202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | made | mano |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pasado simple del verbo (to) make. | Extremidad prensil y articulada en el extremo distal del brazo de los antropoides. |
Where the eye mixes made and mano
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: made vs mano
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: made is /meɪd/ while mano is [ˈmano]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13202, 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/. mano is at rank #342, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmano].
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 13202, this pair ranks #288,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of made vs mano
Shared letters: am. Private to "made": de. Private to "mano": no.
"made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mano" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "made" for "mano" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "made" or "mano" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "made" and "mano" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "made" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mano" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "made" and "mano" 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 #288,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.