Which to use
“mencionado” is a verb and “mencionados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,576
- “mencionado” frequency rank
- #7,195
- “mencionados” frequency rank
- 10771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mencionado | mencionados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de mencionar. | Forma del plural de mencionado, participio de mencionar. |
Where the eye mixes mencionado and mencionados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. mencionado runs 10 letters (CVCCVVCVCV) against mencionados's 11 (CVCCVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mencionado with mencionados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mencionado is [mẽnsjoˈnað̞o] while mencionados is [mẽnsjoˈnað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mencionado” sits inside “mencionados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mencionado is recorded at frequency rank #3,576, classified as averb, pronounced [mẽnsjoˈnað̞o]. mencionados is at rank #7,195, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [mẽnsjoˈnað̞os].
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 10771, this pair ranks #297,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mencionado vs mencionados
Shared letters: acdeimno. Private to "mencionado": -. Private to "mencionados": s.
"mencionado" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCV · "mencionados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mencionado ← emncionado · mecnionado · menccionado · mencinoado · mencioando · mencionaddo · mencionaod · menciondao
- mencionados ← emncionados · mecnionados · menccionados · mencinoados · mencioandos · mencionaddos · mencionadoss · mencionadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mencionado" for "mencionados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mencionado" vs "mencionados" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mencionado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mencionados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mencionado" and "mencionados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mencionados 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 #297,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.