Which to use
“dormidos” is a participle and “dormimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,801
- “dormidos” frequency rank
- #22,334
- “dormimos” frequency rank
- 41135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | dormidos | dormimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de dormido, participio de dormir. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de dormir o de dormirse. |
Where the eye mixes dormidos and dormimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. dormidos and dormimos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: dormidos vs dormimos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: dormidos is [d̪oɾˈmið̞os] while dormimos is [d̪oɾˈmimos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “dormidos” becomes m in “dormimos”, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
dormidos is recorded at frequency rank #18,801, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmið̞os]. dormimos is at rank #22,334, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪oɾˈmimos].
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 41135, this pair ranks #155,347 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of dormidos vs dormimos
Shared letters: dimors. Private to "dormidos": -. Private to "dormimos": -.
"dormidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "dormimos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "dormidos" and "dormimos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "dormidos" vs "dormimos" - which ranks higher?
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 "dormidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dormimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #155,347 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "dormidos" and "dormimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dormidas vs dormimos". 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 #155,347 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.