Which to use
“dormido” and “durmió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,784
- “dormido” frequency rank
- #18,520
- “durmió” frequency rank
- 23304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dormido | durmió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de dormir. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de dormir o de dormirse. |
Where the eye mixes dormido and durmió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. dormido runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against durmió's 6 (CVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: dormido vs durmió
A purely visual mix-up. dormido ([d̪oɾˈmið̞o]) and durmió ([d̪uɾˈmjo]) 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 23304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dormido is recorded at frequency rank #4,784, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmið̞o]. durmió is at rank #18,520, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪uɾˈmjo].
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 23304, this pair ranks #246,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of dormido vs durmió
Shared letters: dimr. Private to "dormido": o. Private to "durmió": uó.
"dormido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "durmió" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- dormido ← ddormido · domrido · dorimdo · dormdio · dormiddo · dormiod · dormmido · dorrmido
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "dormido" and "durmió" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "dormido" vs "durmió" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "dormido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "durmió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dormido" and "durmió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dormi vs durmió". 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 #246,410 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.