Which to use
“mencionadas” is a participle and “mencionado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,027
- “mencionadas” frequency rank
- #3,576
- “mencionado” frequency rank
- 13603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mencionadas | mencionado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de mencionado, participio de mencionar. | Participio de mencionar. |
Where the eye mixes mencionadas and mencionado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mencionadas runs 11 letters (CVCCVVCVCVC) against mencionado's 10 (CVCCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mencionadas and mencionado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mencionadas is [mẽnsjoˈnað̞as] while mencionado is [mẽnsjoˈnað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mencionadas is recorded at frequency rank #10,027, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mẽnsjoˈnað̞as]. mencionado is at rank #3,576, tagged as averb, pronounced [mẽnsjoˈnað̞o].
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 13603, this pair ranks #287,233 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mencionadas vs mencionado
Shared letters: acdeimno. Private to "mencionadas": s. Private to "mencionado": -.
"mencionadas" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVC · "mencionado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mencionadas ← emncionadas · mecnionadas · menccionadas · mencinoadas · mencioandas · mencionaads · mencionadass · mencionaddas
- mencionado ← emncionado · mecnionado · menccionado · mencinoado · mencioando · mencionaddo · mencionaod · menciondao
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mencionadas" and "mencionado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mencionadas" vs "mencionado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mencionadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mencionado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #287,233 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mencionadas" and "mencionado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mencionadas vs mencionamos". 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 #287,233 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.