Which to use
“mide” and “mides” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,130
- “mide” frequency rank
- #38,244
- “mides” frequency rank
- 43374
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mide | mides |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de medir o de medirse. | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de medir o de medirse. |
Where the eye mixes mide and mides
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mide and mides
A purely visual mix-up. mide ([ˈmið̞e]) and mides ([ˈmið̞es]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “mide” sits inside “mides”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mide is recorded at frequency rank #5,130, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmið̞e]. mides is at rank #38,244, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmið̞es].
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 43374, this pair ranks #143,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mide vs mides
Shared letters: deim. Private to "mide": -. Private to "mides": s.
"mide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mides" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mide" and "mides" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mide" vs "mides" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mide" and "mides" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mides" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mide" and "mides" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "makes vs mides". 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 #143,011 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.