Which to use
“mención” is a noun and “mencionen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,263
- “mención” frequency rank
- #46,664
- “mencionen” frequency rank
- 50927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mención | mencionen |
|---|---|---|
| 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 subjuntivo de mencionar. |
Where the eye mixes mención and mencionen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mención runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against mencionen's 9 (CVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mención and mencionen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mención is [mẽnˈsjõn] while mencionen is [mẽnˈsjonẽn]. 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 50927, 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]. mencionen is at rank #46,664, tagged as averb, pronounced [mẽnˈsjonẽn].
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 50927, this pair ranks #100,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mención vs mencionen
Shared letters: ceimn. Private to "mención": ó. Private to "mencionen": o.
"mención" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "mencionen" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mencionen ← emncionen · mecnionen · menccionen · mencinoen · mencioenn · mencionenn · mencionnen · mencoinen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mención" and "mencionen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mención" vs "mencionen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mención" and "mencionen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mención" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mencionen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mención" and "mencionen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mencionas 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 #100,595 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.