Which to use
“medidor” is an adjective and “medidos” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,495
- “medidor” frequency rank
- #40,950
- “medidos” frequency rank
- 64445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medidor | medidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que mide. | Forma del plural de medido, participio de medir. |
Where the eye mixes medidor and medidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. medidor and medidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: medidor vs medidos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: medidor is [með̞iˈð̞oɾ] while medidos is [meˈð̞ið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - r in “medidor” becomes s in “medidos”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64445, 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]. medidos is at rank #40,950, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [meˈð̞ið̞os].
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 64445, this pair ranks #45,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of medidor vs medidos
Shared letters: deimo. Private to "medidor": r. Private to "medidos": s.
"medidor" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "medidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "medidor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "medidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medidor" and "medidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medidos vs medimos". 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 #45,573 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.