Which to use
“medidos” is a participle and “méritos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,950
- “medidos” frequency rank
- #9,327
- “méritos” frequency rank
- 50277
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medidos | méritos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de medido, participio de medir. | Forma del plural de mérito. |
Where the eye mixes medidos and méritos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. medidos and méritos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: medidos vs méritos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: medidos is [meˈð̞ið̞os] while méritos is [ˈmeɾit̪os]. 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 (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50277, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medidos is recorded at frequency rank #40,950, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [meˈð̞ið̞os]. méritos is at rank #9,327, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmeɾit̪os].
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 50277, this pair ranks #104,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of medidos vs méritos
Shared letters: imos. Private to "medidos": de. Private to "méritos": rté.
"medidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "méritos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- medidos ← emdidos · mdeidos · meddidos · meddios · mediddos · medidoss · medidso · mediods
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "medidos" for "méritos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "medidos" vs "méritos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "medidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "méritos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #104,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medidos" and "méritos" 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 #104,091 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.