monvsmonasWhich spelling fits?

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

#12,651
“mon” frequency rank
#43,720
“monas” frequency rank
56371
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mon monas
Definition Mi. Forma del femenino plural de mono.

Where the eye mixes mon and monas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

3 ch
mon
5 ch
monas

Look-alike desk: mon vs monas

A purely visual mix-up. mon (/mɔ̃/) 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 differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mon” sits inside “monas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mon is recorded at frequency rank #12,651, classified as anadj, pronounced /mɔ̃/. 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 56371, this pair ranks #74,884 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mon vs monas

Shared letters: mno. Private to "mon": -. Private to "monas": as.

"mon" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "monas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • monasmmonas · mnoas · moans · monass · monnas · monsa · omnas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mon" for "monas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/mɔ̃/ versus [ˈmonas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mon" or "monas" show up more?
"mon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,651 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.

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 "mon" 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 #74,884 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mon" 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 #74,884 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