medidorvsmedidoresWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,495
“medidor” frequency rank
#36,675
“medidores” frequency rank
60170
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medidor medidores
Definition Que mide. Forma del plural de medidor.

Where the eye mixes medidor and medidores

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. medidor runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against medidores's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
medidor
9 ch
medidores

Why the eye confuses medidor with medidores

A purely visual mix-up. medidor ([með̞iˈð̞oɾ]) and medidores ([með̞iˈð̞oɾes]) 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 extra letter(s) - “medidor” sits inside “medidores”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60170, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

medidor is recorded at frequency rank #23,495, classified as anadj, pronounced [með̞iˈð̞oɾ]. medidores is at rank #36,675, tagged as anadj, pronounced [með̞iˈð̞oɾes].

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 60170, this pair ranks #59,901 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of medidor vs medidores

Shared letters: deimor. Private to "medidor": -. Private to "medidores": s.

"medidor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "medidores" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medidoremdidor · mdeidor · meddidor · meddior · mediddor · medidorr · medidro · mediodr
  • medidoresemdidores · mdeidores · meddidores · meddiores · mediddores · medidoers · medidoress · medidorres

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "medidor" and "medidores" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([með̞iˈð̞oɾ] versus [með̞iˈð̞oɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "medidor" or "medidores" show up more?
"medidor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,495 in our Spanish list, against #36,675 for "medidores". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "medidor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "medidores" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,901 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medidor" and "medidores" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medidores vs medidos". 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 #59,901 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