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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mimado" and "mojado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mimado" or "mojado" show up more?
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.