Which to use
“medimos” and “metimos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,931
- “medimos” frequency rank
- #29,295
- “metimos” frequency rank
- 77226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | medimos | metimos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de medir o de medirse. | Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de meter o de meterse. |
Where the eye mixes medimos and metimos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. medimos 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: medimos vs metimos
A purely visual mix-up. medimos ([meˈð̞imos]) and metimos ([meˈt̪imos]) 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 “medimos” becomes t in “metimos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
medimos is recorded at frequency rank #47,931, classified as averb, pronounced [meˈð̞imos]. 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 77226, this pair ranks #16,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of medimos vs metimos
Shared letters: eimos. Private to "medimos": d. Private to "metimos": t.
"medimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "metimos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "medimos" for "metimos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "medimos" vs "metimos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "medimos" and "metimos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "medimos" 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 #16,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "medimos" and "metimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "medimos vs modismos". 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 #16,375 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.