mediadavsmedidasTell them apart

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.

7 ch
mediada
7 ch
medidas

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

  • mediadaemdiada · mdeiada · medaida · meddiada · mediaad · mediadda · medidaa · meidada
  • medidasemdidas · mdeidas · meddias · meddidas · mediads · medidass · mediddas · medidsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mediada" and "medidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([meˈð̞jað̞a] versus [meˈð̞ið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mediada" or "medidas" show up more?
"medidas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #897 in our Spanish list, against #46,662 for "mediada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list