Which to use
“mención” is a noun and “mencionan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,263
- “mención” frequency rank
- #8,989
- “mencionan” frequency rank
- 13252
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mención | mencionan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Memoria o recuerdo que se hace de algo o alguien nombrándolo. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mencionar. |
Where the eye mixes mención and mencionan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mención runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against mencionan's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mención and mencionan
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mención is [mẽnˈsjõn] while mencionan is [mẽnˈsjonãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mención is recorded at frequency rank #4,263, classified as anoun, pronounced [mẽnˈsjõn]. mencionan is at rank #8,989, tagged as averb, pronounced [mẽnˈsjonãn].
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 13252, this pair ranks #288,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mención vs mencionan
Shared letters: ceimn. Private to "mención": ó. Private to "mencionan": ao.
"mención" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "mencionan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mencionan ← emncionan · mecnionan · menccionan · mencinoan · mencioann · mencionann · mencionnan · mencoinan
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mención" and "mencionan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mención" vs "mencionan" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mención" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mencionan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #288,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mención" and "mencionan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mencionan vs mencionen". 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 #288,523 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.