Which to use
“medidos” is a participle and “metimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,950
- “medidos” frequency rank
- #29,295
- “metimos” frequency rank
- 70245
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medidos | metimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de medido, participio de medir. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de meter o de meterse. |
Where the eye mixes medidos and metimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. medidos and metimos 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 metimos
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: medidos is [meˈð̞ið̞os] while metimos is [meˈt̪imos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70245, 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]. metimos is at rank #29,295, tagged as averb, pronounced [meˈt̪imos].
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 70245, this pair ranks #30,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of medidos vs metimos
Shared letters: eimos. Private to "medidos": d. Private to "metimos": t.
"medidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "metimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "medidos" and "metimos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "medidos" vs "metimos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "metimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medidos" and "metimos" 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 #30,148 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.