medimosvsmetimosWhat's the difference?

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.

7 ch
medimos
7 ch
metimos

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

  • medimosemdimos · mdeimos · meddimos · medimmos · medimoss · medimso · medioms · medmios
  • metimosemtimos · meitmos · metimmos · metimoss · metimso · metioms · metmios · mettimos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "medimos" for "metimos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([meˈð̞imos] versus [meˈt̪imos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "medimos" vs "metimos" - which ranks higher?
"metimos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,295 in our Spanish list, against #47,931 for "medimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list