mordidasvsmordidoTell them apart

Quick tell: mordidas is a participle, mordido is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mordidas” is a participle and “mordido” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,631
“mordidas” frequency rank
#34,222
“mordido” frequency rank
69853
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mordidas mordido
Definition Forma del femenino plural de mordido, participio de morder. Participio de morder.

Where the eye mixes mordidas and mordido

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mordidas runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against mordido's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
mordidas
7 ch
mordido

Look-alike desk: mordidas vs mordido

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mordidas is [moɾˈð̞ið̞as] while mordido is [moɾˈð̞ið̞o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69853, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mordidas is recorded at frequency rank #35,631, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [moɾˈð̞ið̞as]. mordido is at rank #34,222, tagged as averb, pronounced [moɾˈð̞ið̞o].

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 69853, this pair ranks #31,074 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mordidas vs mordido

Shared letters: dimor. Private to "mordidas": as. Private to "mordido": -.

"mordidas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "mordido" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mordidasmmordidas · modridas · morddias · morddidas · mordiads · mordidass · mordiddas · mordidsa
  • mordidommordido · modrido · morddido · morddio · mordiddo · mordiod · moriddo · morrdido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mordidas" and "mordido" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mordidas" is a participle and "mordido" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "mordidas" or "mordido" show up more?
"mordido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,222 in our Spanish list, against #35,631 for "mordidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mordidas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mordido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,074 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mordidas" and "mordido" 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 #31,074 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