medidovsmétodoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: medido is a verb, método is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“medido” is a verb and “método” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,122
“medido” frequency rank
#1,947
“método” frequency rank
22069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medido método
Definition Participio de medir. Procedimiento, técnica o manera de hacer algo, en especial si se hace siguiendo un plan, o de forma sistemática, ordenada y lógica.

Where the eye mixes medido and método

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. medido and método follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
medido
6 ch
método

Why the eye confuses medido with método

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: medido is [meˈð̞ið̞o] while método is [ˈmet̪oð̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22069, 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]. método is at rank #1,947, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmet̪oð̞o].

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 22069, this pair ranks #252,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of medido vs método

Shared letters: dmo. Private to "medido": ei. Private to "método": té.

"medido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "método" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medido ← emdido · mdeido · meddido · mediddo · mediod · meiddo · mmedido

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "medido" and "método" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "medido" is a verb and "método" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "medido" or "método" show up more?
"método" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,947 in our Spanish list, against #20,122 for "medido". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "medido" and "método" 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 "método" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,086 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medido" and "método" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medido 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 #252,086 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