Which to use
“mordida” is a noun and “mordidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,182
- “mordida” frequency rank
- #35,631
- “mordidas” frequency rank
- 54813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mordida | mordidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción de clavar los dientes en un sitio. | Forma del femenino plural de mordido, participio de morder. |
Where the eye mixes mordida and mordidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mordida runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against mordidas's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mordida vs mordidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mordida is [moɾˈð̞ið̞a] while mordidas is [moɾˈð̞ið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mordida” sits inside “mordidas”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mordida is recorded at frequency rank #19,182, classified as anoun, pronounced [moɾˈð̞ið̞a]. mordidas is at rank #35,631, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [moɾˈð̞ið̞as].
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 54813, this pair ranks #81,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mordida vs mordidas
Shared letters: adimor. Private to "mordida": -. Private to "mordidas": s.
"mordida" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "mordidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mordida" and "mordidas" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mordida" or "mordidas" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mordida" and "mordidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mordida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mordidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #81,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mordida" and "mordidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mordidas vs morirás". 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 #81,678 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.