miedosvsMieresTell them apart

Quick tell: miedos is a noun, Mieres is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“miedos” is a noun and “Mieres” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,991
“miedos” frequency rank
#39,341
“Mieres” frequency rank
48332
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miedos Mieres
Definition Forma del plural de miedo Municipio español en el Principado de Asturias.

Where the eye mixes miedos and Mieres

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. miedos and Mieres follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
miedos
6 ch
Mieres

Why the eye confuses miedos with Mieres

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: miedos is [ˈmjeð̞os] while Mieres is [ˈmjeɾes]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miedos is recorded at frequency rank #8,991, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmjeð̞os]. Mieres is at rank #39,341, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈmjeɾes].

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 48332, this pair ranks #115,080 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of miedos vs Mieres

Shared letters: eims. Private to "miedos": do. Private to "Mieres": r.

"miedos" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Mieres" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miedos ← imedos · meidos · mideos · mieddos · miedoss · miedso · mieods · mmiedos
  • Mieres ← imeres · meires · mieers · mieress · mierres · mierse · mirees · mmieres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miedos" for "Mieres" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "miedos" is a noun and "Mieres" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "miedos" or "Mieres"?
"miedos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,991 in our Spanish list, against #39,341 for "Mieres". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "miedos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mieres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,080 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miedos" and "Mieres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mides vs Mieres". 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 #115,080 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