miedovsmindWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“miedo” and “mind” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#487
“miedo” frequency rank
#16,644
“mind” frequency rank
17131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miedo mind
Definition Emoción de ansiedad difícil de controlar causada por algo que puede causar algún daño físico, emocional, patrimonial etc. Tanto el objeto que causa el miedo como la posibilidad de causar daño pueden ser reales o imaginarios. Mente, razón, entendimiento.

Where the eye mixes miedo and mind

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
miedo
4 ch
mind

Visual trap between miedo and mind

A purely visual mix-up. miedo ([ˈmjeð̞o]) and mind (/maɪnd/) 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 17131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miedo is recorded at frequency rank #487, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmjeð̞o]. mind is at rank #16,644, tagged as anoun, pronounced /maɪnd/.

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 17131, this pair ranks #273,416 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of miedo vs mind

Shared letters: dim. Private to "miedo": eo. Private to "mind": n.

"miedo" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "mind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miedoimedo · mideo · mieddo · mieod · mmiedo
  • mindimnd · midn · mindd · minnd · mmind · mnid

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "miedo" and "mind" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmjeð̞o] versus /maɪnd/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "miedo" or "mind"?
"miedo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #487 in our Spanish list, against #16,644 for "mind". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "miedo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mind" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,416 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miedo" and "mind" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mind vs minga". 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 #273,416 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