Which to use
“mantengan” and “mantenía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,447
- “mantengan” frequency rank
- #10,023
- “mantenía” frequency rank
- 21470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mantengan | mantenía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de mantener o de mantenerse. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de mantener o de mantenerse. |
Where the eye mixes mantengan and mantenía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mantengan runs 9 letters (CVCCVCCVC) against mantenía's 8 (CVCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mantengan vs mantenía
A purely visual mix-up. mantengan ([mãn̪ˈt̪ẽŋgãn]) and mantenía ([mãn̪t̪eˈnia]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mantengan is recorded at frequency rank #11,447, classified as averb, pronounced [mãn̪ˈt̪ẽŋgãn]. mantenía is at rank #10,023, tagged as averb, pronounced [mãn̪t̪eˈnia].
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 21470, this pair ranks #254,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mantengan vs mantenía
Shared letters: aemnt. Private to "mantengan": g. Private to "mantenía": í.
"mantengan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "mantenía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mantengan ← amntengan · manetngan · manntengan · mantegnan · mantenagn · mantengann · mantenggan · mantengna
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mantengan" and "mantenía" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mantengan" vs "mantenía" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mantengan" and "mantenía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mantengan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mantenía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #254,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mantengan" and "mantenía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mantengan vs manténganse". 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 #254,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.