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

#20,122
“medido” frequency rank
#47,931
“medimos” frequency rank
68053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medido medimos
Definition Participio de medir. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de medir o de medirse.

Where the eye mixes medido and medimos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. medido runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against medimos's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
medido
7 ch
medimos

Why the eye confuses medido with medimos

A purely visual mix-up. medido ([meˈð̞ið̞o]) and medimos ([meˈð̞imos]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

medido is recorded at frequency rank #20,122, classified as averb, pronounced [meˈð̞ið̞o]. medimos is at rank #47,931, tagged as averb, pronounced [meˈð̞imos].

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 68053, this pair ranks #35,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of medido vs medimos

Shared letters: deimo. Private to "medido": -. Private to "medimos": s.

"medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "medimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medidoemdido · mdeido · meddido · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido
  • medimosemdimos · mdeimos · meddimos · medimmos · medimoss · medimso · medioms · medmios

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "medido" and "medimos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([meˈð̞ið̞o] versus [meˈð̞imos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "medido" or "medimos"?
"medido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,122 in our Spanish list, against #47,931 for "medimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "medido" and "medimos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "medido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "medimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,513 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medido" and "medimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medimos vs modismos". 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 #35,513 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