manadasvsmojadasWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: manadas is a participle, mojadas is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“manadas” is a participle and “mojadas” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,604
“manadas” frequency rank
#35,628
“mojadas” frequency rank
71232
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manadas mojadas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de manado, participio de manar. Forma del plural de mojada.

Where the eye mixes manadas and mojadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
manadas
7 ch
mojadas

Look-alike desk: manadas vs mojadas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: manadas is [maˈnað̞as] while mojadas is [moˈxað̞as]. 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 (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manadas is recorded at frequency rank #35,604, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [maˈnað̞as]. mojadas is at rank #35,628, tagged as anoun, pronounced [moˈxað̞as].

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 71232, this pair ranks #27,942 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of manadas vs mojadas

Shared letters: adms. Private to "manadas": n. Private to "mojadas": jo.

"manadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "mojadas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manadasamnadas · maandas · manaads · manadass · manaddas · manadsa · mandaas · mannadas
  • mojadasmjoadas · mmojadas · moajdas · mojaads · mojadass · mojaddas · mojadsa · mojdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "manadas" and "mojadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "manadas" is a participle and "mojadas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "manadas" or "mojadas" show up more?
"manadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,604 in our Spanish list, against #35,628 for "mojadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "manadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mojadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,942 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manadas" and "mojadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manadas vs menudas". 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 #27,942 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