Which to use
“mientan” and “mienten” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,815
- “mientan” frequency rank
- #12,645
- “mienten” frequency rank
- 51460
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mientan | mienten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de mentir. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mentir. |
Where the eye mixes mientan and mienten
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mientan and mienten follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: mientan vs mienten
A purely visual mix-up. mientan ([ˈmjẽn̪t̪ãn]) and mienten ([ˈmjẽn̪t̪ẽn]) 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 - a in “mientan” becomes e in “mienten”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mientan is recorded at frequency rank #38,815, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmjẽn̪t̪ãn]. mienten is at rank #12,645, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmjẽn̪t̪ẽn].
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 51460, this pair ranks #97,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mientan vs mienten
Shared letters: eimnt. Private to "mientan": a. Private to "mienten": -.
"mientan" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "mienten" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "mientan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mienten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mientan" and "mienten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mientan vs militan". 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 #97,772 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.