midióvsmínimoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#38,814
“midió” frequency rank
#1,611
“mínimo” frequency rank
40425
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature midió mínimo
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de medir o de medirse. Superlativo irregular de pequeño: sumamente pequeño.

Where the eye mixes midió and mínimo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
midió
6 ch
mínimo

Visual trap between midió and mínimo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: midió is [miˈð̞jo] while mínimo is [ˈminimo]. 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 40425, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

midió is recorded at frequency rank #38,814, classified as averb, pronounced [miˈð̞jo]. mínimo is at rank #1,611, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈminimo].

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 40425, this pair ranks #159,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of midió vs mínimo

Shared letters: im. Private to "midió": . Private to "mínimo": noí.

"midió" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "mínimo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "midió" and "mínimo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "midió" is a verb and "mínimo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "midió" or "mínimo" show up more?
"mínimo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,611 in our Spanish list, against #38,814 for "midió". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "midió" and "mínimo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "midió" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mínimo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,142 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "midió" and "mínimo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "midió vs mingo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #159,142 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