Which to use
“dormía” is a verb and “dormidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,025
- “dormía” frequency rank
- #44,135
- “dormidas” frequency rank
- 57160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dormía | dormidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dormir o de dormirse. | Forma del femenino plural de dormido, participio de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes dormía and dormidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. dormía runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against dormidas's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dormía with dormidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dormía is [d̪oɾˈmia] while dormidas is [d̪oɾˈmið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dormía is recorded at frequency rank #13,025, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmia]. dormidas is at rank #44,135, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmið̞as].
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 57160, this pair ranks #71,592 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dormía vs dormidas
Shared letters: admor. Private to "dormía": í. Private to "dormidas": is.
"dormía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "dormidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- dormidas ← ddormidas · domridas · dorimdas · dormdias · dormiads · dormidass · dormiddas · dormidsa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "dormía" for "dormidas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "dormía" vs "dormidas" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dormía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dormidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,592 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dormía" and "dormidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dormían vs dormidas". 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 #71,592 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.