mediciónvsmedicionesConfusable pair

Which to use

“medición” and “mediciones” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,373
“medición” frequency rank
#16,637
“mediciones” frequency rank
27010
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medición mediciones
Definition Acción y efecto de medir. Forma del plural de medición.

Where the eye mixes medición and mediciones

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
medición
10 ch
mediciones

Why the eye confuses medición with mediciones

A purely visual mix-up. medición ([með̞iˈsjõn]) and mediciones ([með̞iˈsjones]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

medición is recorded at frequency rank #10,373, classified as anoun, pronounced [með̞iˈsjõn]. mediciones is at rank #16,637, tagged as anoun, pronounced [með̞iˈsjones].

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 27010, this pair ranks #228,870 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of medición vs mediciones

Shared letters: cdeimn. Private to "medición": ó. Private to "mediciones": os.

"medición" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "mediciones" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medicionesemdiciones · mdeiciones · medciiones · meddiciones · medicciones · medicinoes · medicioens · medicioness

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "medición" for "mediciones" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([með̞iˈsjõn] versus [með̞iˈsjones]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "medición" or "mediciones" show up more?
"medición" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,373 in our Spanish list, against #16,637 for "mediciones". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "medición" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mediciones" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #228,870 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medición" and "mediciones" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mediciones vs meditaciones". 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 #228,870 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