Which to use
“dormía” and “dormido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,025
- “dormía” frequency rank
- #4,784
- “dormido” frequency rank
- 17809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dormía | dormido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de dormir o de dormirse. | Participio de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes dormía and dormido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dormía runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against dormido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses dormía with dormido
A purely visual mix-up. dormía ([d̪oɾˈmia]) and dormido ([d̪oɾˈmið̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17809, 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]. dormido is at rank #4,784, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmið̞o].
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 17809, this pair ranks #270,603 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dormía vs dormido
Shared letters: dmor. Private to "dormía": aí. Private to "dormido": i.
"dormía" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "dormido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dormido ← ddormido · domrido · dorimdo · dormdio · dormiddo · dormiod · dormmido · dorrmido
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dormía" and "dormido" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "dormía" or "dormido"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "dormía" and "dormido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dormía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dormido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,603 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dormía" and "dormido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dormía 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 #270,603 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.