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“mantenidas” and “mantenidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,667
- “mantenidas” frequency rank
- #24,944
- “mantenidos” frequency rank
- 59611
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mantenidas | mantenidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de mantenido, participio de mantener o de mantenerse. | Forma del plural de mantenido, participio de mantener o de mantenerse. |
Where the eye mixes mantenidas and mantenidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mantenidas and mantenidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mantenidas vs mantenidos
A purely visual mix-up. mantenidas ([mãn̪t̪eˈnið̞as]) and mantenidos ([mãn̪t̪eˈnið̞os]) 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 “mantenidas” becomes o in “mantenidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59611, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mantenidas is recorded at frequency rank #34,667, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mãn̪t̪eˈnið̞as]. mantenidos is at rank #24,944, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mãn̪t̪eˈnið̞os].
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 59611, this pair ranks #61,993 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mantenidas vs mantenidos
Shared letters: adeimnst. Private to "mantenidas": -. Private to "mantenidos": o.
"mantenidas" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC · "mantenidos" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mantenidas ← amntenidas · manetnidas · manntenidas · manteindas · mantendias · manteniads · mantenidass · manteniddas
- mantenidos ← amntenidos · manetnidos · manntenidos · manteindos · mantendios · manteniddos · mantenidoss · mantenidso
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mantenidas" and "mantenidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mantenidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mantenidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,993 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mantenidas" and "mantenidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mantengas vs mantenidas". 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 #61,993 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.