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Which to use

“mencionan” and “mencionas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,989
“mencionan” frequency rank
#24,952
“mencionas” frequency rank
33941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mencionan mencionas
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mencionar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de mencionar.

Where the eye mixes mencionan and mencionas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. mencionan and mencionas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
mencionan
9 ch
mencionas

Look-alike desk: mencionan vs mencionas

A purely visual mix-up. mencionan ([mẽnˈsjonãn]) and mencionas ([mẽnˈsjonas]) 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 - n in “mencionan” becomes s in “mencionas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mencionan is recorded at frequency rank #8,989, classified as averb, pronounced [mẽnˈsjonãn]. mencionas is at rank #24,952, tagged as averb, pronounced [mẽnˈsjonas].

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 33941, this pair ranks #194,068 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mencionan vs mencionas

Shared letters: aceimno. Private to "mencionan": -. Private to "mencionas": s.

"mencionan" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC  ·  "mencionas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mencionanemncionan · mecnionan · menccionan · mencinoan · mencioann · mencionann · mencionnan · mencoinan
  • mencionasemncionas · mecnionas · menccionas · mencinoas · mencioans · mencionass · mencionnas · mencionsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mencionan" for "mencionas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([mẽnˈsjonãn] versus [mẽnˈsjonas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mencionan" or "mencionas"?
"mencionan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,989 in our Spanish list, against #24,952 for "mencionas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mencionan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mencionas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #194,068 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mencionan" and "mencionas" 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 #194,068 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