mimadovsmojadoWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#43,133
“mimado” frequency rank
#11,090
“mojado” frequency rank
54223
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mimado mojado
Definition Que, por demasiados mimos, protección o condescendencia, tiende a ser egoísta y caprichoso. Que está impregnado por algún líquido.

Where the eye mixes mimado and mojado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mimado and mojado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
mimado
6 ch
mojado

Why the eye confuses mimado with mojado

A purely visual mix-up. mimado ([miˈmað̞o]) and mojado ([moˈxað̞o]) 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 54223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mimado is recorded at frequency rank #43,133, classified as anadj, pronounced [miˈmað̞o]. mojado is at rank #11,090, tagged as anadj, pronounced [moˈxað̞o].

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 54223, this pair ranks #84,271 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mimado vs mojado

Shared letters: admo. Private to "mimado": i. Private to "mojado": j.

"mimado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "mojado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mimadoimmado · miamdo · mimaddo · mimaod · mimdao · mimmado · mmiado · mmimado
  • mojadomjoado · mmojado · moajdo · mojaddo · mojaod · mojdao · mojjado · omjado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mimado" and "mojado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([miˈmað̞o] versus [moˈxað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mimado" or "mojado" show up more?
"mojado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,090 in our Spanish list, against #43,133 for "mimado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mimado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mojado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,271 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mimado" and "mojado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mimado vs minando". 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 #84,271 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