Which to use
“dormidas” is a participle and “dormido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,135
- “dormidas” frequency rank
- #4,784
- “dormido” frequency rank
- 48919
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dormidas | dormido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de dormido, participio de dormir. | Participio de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes dormidas and dormido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. dormidas runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) 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 dormidas with dormido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dormidas is [d̪oɾˈmið̞as] while dormido is [d̪oɾˈmið̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48919, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dormidas is recorded at frequency rank #44,135, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmið̞as]. 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 48919, this pair ranks #111,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dormidas vs dormido
Shared letters: dimor. Private to "dormidas": as. Private to "dormido": -.
"dormidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "dormido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dormidas" and "dormido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dormidas" vs "dormido" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "dormidas" and "dormido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "dormidas" 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 #111,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dormidas" and "dormido" 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 #111,777 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.