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

#28,840
“meras” frequency rank
#43,720
“monas” frequency rank
72560
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meras monas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de mero₂. Forma del femenino plural de mono.

Where the eye mixes meras and monas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. meras and monas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
meras
5 ch
monas

Visual trap between meras and monas

A purely visual mix-up. meras ([ˈmeɾas]) and monas ([ˈmonas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72560, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meras is recorded at frequency rank #28,840, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmeɾas]. monas is at rank #43,720, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmonas].

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 72560, this pair ranks #25,112 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of meras vs monas

Shared letters: ams. Private to "meras": er. Private to "monas": no.

"meras" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "monas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meras ← emras · mears · merass · merras · mersa · mmeras · mreas
  • monas ← mmonas · mnoas · moans · monass · monnas · monsa · omnas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "meras" and "monas" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmeɾas] versus [ˈmonas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "meras" or "monas" show up more?
"meras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,840 in our Spanish list, against #43,720 for "monas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "meras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "monas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,112 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meras" and "monas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monas vs month". 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 #25,112 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