Which to use
“mediada” and “medidas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,662
- “mediada” frequency rank
- #897
- “medidas” frequency rank
- 47559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mediada | medidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de mediado, participio de mediar. | Forma del femenino plural de medido, participio de medir. |
Where the eye mixes mediada and medidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mediada and medidas
A purely visual mix-up. mediada ([meˈð̞jað̞a]) and medidas ([meˈð̞ið̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mediada is recorded at frequency rank #46,662, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [meˈð̞jað̞a]. medidas is at rank #897, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [meˈð̞ið̞as].
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 47559, this pair ranks #119,379 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mediada vs medidas
Shared letters: adeim. Private to "mediada": -. Private to "medidas": s.
"mediada" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "medidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mediada" and "medidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mediada" or "medidas" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mediada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,379 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mediada" and "medidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediada vs medita". 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 #119,379 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.