Which to use
“medida” is a noun and “metidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #725
- “medida” frequency rank
- #36,157
- “metidas” frequency rank
- 36882
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medida | metidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción o efecto de medir. | Forma del femenino plural de metido, participio de meter o de meterse. |
Where the eye mixes medida and metidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. medida runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against metidas's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: medida vs metidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: medida is [meˈð̞ið̞a] while metidas is [meˈt̪ið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36882, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medida is recorded at frequency rank #725, classified as anoun, pronounced [meˈð̞ið̞a]. metidas is at rank #36,157, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [meˈt̪ið̞as].
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 36882, this pair ranks #178,283 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medida vs metidas
Shared letters: adeim. Private to "medida": -. Private to "metidas": st.
"medida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "metidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "medida" for "metidas" ever safe?
Which is more common, "medida" or "metidas"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "medida" and "metidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "medida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "metidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #178,283 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medida" and "metidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "menudas vs metidas". 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 #178,283 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.