Which to use
“medidos” and “metidas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,950
- “medidos” frequency rank
- #36,157
- “metidas” frequency rank
- 77107
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medidos | metidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de medido, participio de medir. | Forma del femenino plural de metido, participio de meter o de meterse. |
Where the eye mixes medidos and metidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. medidos and metidas 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 metidas
A purely visual mix-up. medidos ([meˈð̞ið̞os]) and metidas ([meˈt̪ið̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77107, 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]. metidas is at rank #36,157, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [meˈt̪ið̞as].
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 77107, this pair ranks #16,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of medidos vs metidas
Shared letters: deims. Private to "medidos": o. Private to "metidas": at.
"medidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "metidas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "medidos" for "metidas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "medidos" vs "metidas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "medidos" and "metidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "medidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "metidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medidos" and "metidas" 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 #16,572 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.