Which to use
“minado” and “mintió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,004
- “minado” frequency rank
- #17,210
- “mintió” frequency rank
- 48214
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | minado | mintió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de minar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de mentir. |
Where the eye mixes minado and mintió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses minado with mintió
A purely visual mix-up. minado ([miˈnað̞o]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
minado is recorded at frequency rank #31,004, classified as averb, pronounced [miˈnað̞o]. 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 48214, this pair ranks #115,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of minado vs mintió
Shared letters: imn. Private to "minado": ado. Private to "mintió": tó.
"minado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mintió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- minado ← imnado · miando · minaddo · minaod · mindao · minnado · mminado · mniado
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "minado" and "mintió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "minado" or "mintió" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "minado" 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 #115,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "minado" and "mintió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "minado 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 #115,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.