medidosvsmovidosConfusable pair

Which to use

“medidos” and “movidos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,950
“medidos” frequency rank
#38,833
“movidos” frequency rank
79783
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature medidos movidos
Definition Forma del plural de medido, participio de medir. Forma del plural de movido, participio de mover.

Where the eye mixes medidos and movidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. medidos and movidos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
medidos
7 ch
movidos

Visual trap between medidos and movidos

A purely visual mix-up. medidos ([meˈð̞ið̞os]) and movidos ([moˈβ̞ið̞os]) 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 79783, 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]. movidos is at rank #38,833, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [moˈβ̞ið̞os].

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 79783, this pair ranks #12,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of medidos vs movidos

Shared letters: dimos. Private to "medidos": e. Private to "movidos": v.

"medidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "movidos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • medidosemdidos · mdeidos · meddidos · meddios · mediddos · medidoss · medidso · mediods
  • movidosmmovidos · mobidos · moivdos · movdios · moviddos · movidoss · movidso · moviods

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "medidos" and "movidos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([meˈð̞ið̞os] versus [moˈβ̞ið̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "medidos" vs "movidos" - which ranks higher?
"movidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,833 in our Spanish list, against #40,950 for "medidos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "medidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "movidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "medidos" and "movidos" 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 #12,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list