Which to use
“dormidas” and “dormidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,135
- “dormidas” frequency rank
- #18,801
- “dormidos” frequency rank
- 62936
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dormidas | dormidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de dormido, participio de dormir. | Forma del plural de dormido, participio de dormir. |
Where the eye mixes dormidas and dormidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dormidas and dormidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dormidas vs dormidos
A purely visual mix-up. dormidas ([d̪oɾˈmið̞as]) 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 a single letter - a in “dormidas” becomes o in “dormidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62936, 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]. 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 62936, this pair ranks #50,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of dormidas vs dormidos
Shared letters: dimors. Private to "dormidas": a. Private to "dormidos": -.
"dormidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "dormidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dormidas" and "dormidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "dormidas" or "dormidos"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "dormidas" 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 #50,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dormidas" and "dormidos" 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 #50,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.