Which to use
“mente” and “mentón” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #941
- “mente” frequency rank
- #29,733
- “mentón” frequency rank
- 30674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mente | mentón |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entidad incorporea, inmaterial, supuesta sede de la imaginación, la conciencia, la reflexión, la intuición, la voluntad. | Extremo inferior del rostro del ser humano. |
Where the eye mixes mente and mentón
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mente vs mentón
A purely visual mix-up. mente ([ˈmẽn̪t̪e]) and mentón ([mẽn̪ˈt̪õn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mente is recorded at frequency rank #941, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmẽn̪t̪e]. mentón is at rank #29,733, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mẽn̪ˈt̪õn].
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 30674, this pair ranks #210,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mente vs mentón
Shared letters: emnt. Private to "mente": -. Private to "mentón": ó.
"mente" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mentón" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mente ← emnte · menet · mennte · mentte · metne · mmente · mnete
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mente" and "mentón" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mente" vs "mentón" - 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 "mente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mentón" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mente" and "mentón" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mantos vs mentón". 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 #210,845 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.