Which to use
“menciona” and “mencione” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,720
- “menciona” frequency rank
- #23,497
- “mencione” frequency rank
- 27217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | menciona | mencione |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mencionar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de mencionar. |
Where the eye mixes menciona and mencione
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. menciona and mencione follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between menciona and mencione
A purely visual mix-up. menciona ([mẽnˈsjona]) and mencione ([mẽnˈsjone]) 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 “menciona” becomes e in “mencione”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27217, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
menciona is recorded at frequency rank #3,720, classified as averb, pronounced [mẽnˈsjona]. mencione is at rank #23,497, tagged as averb, pronounced [mẽnˈsjone].
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 27217, this pair ranks #227,918 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of menciona vs mencione
Shared letters: ceimno. Private to "menciona": a. Private to "mencione": -.
"menciona" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "mencione" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "menciona" for "mencione" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "menciona" or "mencione" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "menciona" and "mencione" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "menciona" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mencione" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #227,918 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "menciona" and "mencione" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mencione 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 #227,918 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.