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

#9,980
“dormida” frequency rank
#18,801
“dormidos” frequency rank
28781
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dormida dormidos
Definition Forma del femenino de dormido, participio de dormir. Forma del plural de dormido, participio de dormir.

Where the eye mixes dormida and dormidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
dormida
8 ch
dormidos

Visual trap between dormida and dormidos

A purely visual mix-up. dormida ([d̪oɾˈmið̞a]) and dormidos ([d̪oɾˈmið̞os]) 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 28781, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dormida is recorded at frequency rank #9,980, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmið̞a]. dormidos is at rank #18,801, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmið̞os].

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 28781, this pair ranks #220,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dormida vs dormidos

Shared letters: dimor. Private to "dormida": a. Private to "dormidos": s.

"dormida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "dormidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • dormidaddormida · domrida · dorimda · dormdia · dormiad · dormidda · dormmida · dorrmida
  • dormidosddormidos · domridos · dorimdos · dormdios · dormiddos · dormidoss · dormidso · dormiods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "dormida" and "dormidos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([d̪oɾˈmið̞a] versus [d̪oɾˈmið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "dormida" vs "dormidos" - which ranks higher?
"dormida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,980 in our Spanish list, against #18,801 for "dormidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dormida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dormidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,294 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dormida" and "dormidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dormidas vs dormidos". 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 #220,294 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