Which to use
“medidos” and “metidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,950
- “medidos” frequency rank
- #19,176
- “metidos” frequency rank
- 60126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medidos | metidos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de medido, participio de medir. | Forma del plural de metido, participio de meter o de meterse. |
Where the eye mixes medidos and metidos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. medidos and metidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses medidos with metidos
A purely visual mix-up. medidos ([meˈð̞ið̞os]) and metidos ([meˈt̪ið̞os]) 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 a single letter - d in “medidos” becomes t in “metidos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60126, 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]. metidos is at rank #19,176, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [meˈt̪ið̞os].
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 60126, this pair ranks #60,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of medidos vs metidos
Shared letters: deimos. Private to "medidos": -. Private to "metidos": t.
"medidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "metidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medidos" and "metidos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "medidos" or "metidos"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "medidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "metidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medidos" and "metidos" 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 #60,057 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.