Which to use
“mide” and “midió” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,130
- “mide” frequency rank
- #38,814
- “midió” frequency rank
- 43944
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mide | midió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de medir o de medirse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de medir o de medirse. |
Where the eye mixes mide and midió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mide vs midió
A purely visual mix-up. mide ([ˈmið̞e]) and midió ([miˈð̞jo]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43944, 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]. midió is at rank #38,814, tagged as averb, pronounced [miˈð̞jo].
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 43944, this pair ranks #139,774 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mide vs midió
Shared letters: dim. Private to "mide": e. Private to "midió": ó.
"mide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "midió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mide ← imde · mdie · midde · mied · mmide
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mide" and "midió" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mide" or "midió"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mide" and "midió" 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 "midió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,774 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mide" and "midió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "midió vs mingo". 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 #139,774 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.