mediadovsmediadosTell them apart

Quick tell: mediado is a verb, mediados is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mediado” is a verb and “mediados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,125
“mediado” frequency rank
#3,574
“mediados” frequency rank
46699
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mediado mediados
Definition Participio de mediar. Forma del plural de mediado, participio de mediar.

Where the eye mixes mediado and mediados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mediado runs 7 letters (CVCVVCV) against mediados's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
mediado
8 ch
mediados

Look-alike desk: mediado vs mediados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mediado is [meˈð̞jað̞o] while mediados is [meˈð̞jað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mediado” sits inside “mediados”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mediado is recorded at frequency rank #43,125, classified as averb, pronounced [meˈð̞jað̞o]. mediados is at rank #3,574, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [meˈð̞jað̞os].

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 46699, this pair ranks #124,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mediado vs mediados

Shared letters: adeimo. Private to "mediado": -. Private to "mediados": s.

"mediado" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV  ·  "mediados" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mediadoemdiado · mdeiado · medaido · meddiado · mediaddo · mediaod · medidao · meidado
  • mediadosemdiados · mdeiados · medaidos · meddiados · mediaddos · mediadoss · mediadso · mediaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mediado" and "mediados" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mediado" is a verb and "mediados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mediado" or "mediados"?
"mediados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,574 in our Spanish list, against #43,125 for "mediado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "mediado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mediados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #124,270 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mediado" and "mediados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediado vs medievo". 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 #124,270 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