Which to use
“mamado” and “mimado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,046
- “mamado” frequency rank
- #43,133
- “mimado” frequency rank
- 89179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mamado | mimado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bajo los efectos embriagantes del alcohol: ebrio. | Que, por demasiados mimos, protección o condescendencia, tiende a ser egoísta y caprichoso. |
Where the eye mixes mamado and mimado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mamado and mimado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses mamado with mimado
A purely visual mix-up. mamado ([maˈmað̞o]) and mimado ([miˈmað̞o]) 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 a single letter - a in “mamado” becomes i in “mimado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mamado is recorded at frequency rank #46,046, classified as anadj, pronounced [maˈmað̞o]. mimado is at rank #43,133, tagged as anadj, pronounced [miˈmað̞o].
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 89179, this pair ranks #3,293 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mamado vs mimado
Shared letters: admo. Private to "mamado": -. Private to "mimado": i.
"mamado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mimado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mamado" for "mimado" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mamado" or "mimado" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mamado" and "mimado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mamado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mimado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,293 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mamado" and "mimado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mamado vs Mamani". 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 #3,293 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.