mencionadosvsmencionandoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mencionados is a participle, mencionando is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mencionados” is a participle and “mencionando” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,195
“mencionados” frequency rank
#22,770
“mencionando” frequency rank
29965
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mencionados mencionando
Definition Forma del plural de mencionado, participio de mencionar. Gerundio de mencionar.

Where the eye mixes mencionados and mencionando

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. mencionados (CVCCVVCVCVC) and mencionando (CVCCVVCVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

11 ch
mencionados
11 ch
mencionando

Look-alike desk: mencionados vs mencionando

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mencionados is [mẽnsjoˈnað̞os] while mencionando is [mẽnsjoˈnãn̪d̪o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mencionados is recorded at frequency rank #7,195, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [mẽnsjoˈnað̞os]. mencionando is at rank #22,770, tagged as averb, pronounced [mẽnsjoˈnãn̪d̪o].

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 29965, this pair ranks #214,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mencionados vs mencionando

Shared letters: acdeimno. Private to "mencionados": s. Private to "mencionando": -.

"mencionados" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVC  ·  "mencionando" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mencionadosemncionados · mecnionados · menccionados · mencinoados · mencioandos · mencionaddos · mencionadoss · mencionadso
  • mencionandoemncionando · mecnionando · menccionando · mencinoando · mencioanndo · mencionadno · mencionanddo · mencionanndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mencionados" and "mencionando" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mencionados" is a participle and "mencionando" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mencionados" vs "mencionando" - which ranks higher?
"mencionados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,195 in our Spanish list, against #22,770 for "mencionando". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "mencionados" and "mencionando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mencionados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mencionando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #214,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mencionados" and "mencionando" 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 #214,355 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list