midasvsmixtasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: midas is a verb, mixtas is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“midas” is a verb and “mixtas” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,340
“midas” frequency rank
#18,317
“mixtas” frequency rank
57657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature midas mixtas
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de medir o de medirse. Forma del femenino plural de mixto.

Where the eye mixes midas and mixtas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
midas
6 ch
mixtas

Visual trap between midas and mixtas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: midas is [ˈmið̞as] while mixtas is [ˈmikst̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

midas is recorded at frequency rank #39,340, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmið̞as]. mixtas is at rank #18,317, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmikst̪as].

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 57657, this pair ranks #69,614 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of midas vs mixtas

Shared letters: aims. Private to "midas": d. Private to "mixtas": tx.

"midas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mixtas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • midasimdas · mdias · miads · midass · middas · midsa · mmidas
  • mixtasimxtas · mitxas · mixats · mixtass · mixtsa · mixttas · mixxtas · mmixtas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "midas" for "mixtas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "midas" is a verb and "mixtas" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "midas" or "mixtas" show up more?
"mixtas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,317 in our Spanish list, against #39,340 for "midas". 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 "midas" and "mixtas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "midas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mixtas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,614 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "midas" and "mixtas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "midas vs modal". 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 #69,614 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