Which to use
“mentido” and “mintió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,404
- “mentido” frequency rank
- #17,210
- “mintió” frequency rank
- 38614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mentido | mintió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de mentir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mentir. |
Where the eye mixes mentido and mintió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mentido runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against mintió's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mentido and mintió
A purely visual mix-up. mentido ([mẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o]) and mintió ([mĩn̪ˈt̪jo]) 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 38614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mentido is recorded at frequency rank #21,404, classified as averb, pronounced [mẽn̪ˈt̪ið̞o]. mintió is at rank #17,210, tagged as averb, pronounced [mĩn̪ˈt̪jo].
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 38614, this pair ranks #169,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mentido vs mintió
Shared letters: imnt. Private to "mentido": deo. Private to "mintió": ó.
"mentido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "mintió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mentido ← emntido · menitdo · menntido · mentdio · mentiddo · mentiod · menttido · metnido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mentido" for "mintió" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mentido" or "mintió" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mentido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mintió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #169,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mentido" and "mintió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mantis vs mintió". 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 #169,039 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.