Which to use
“filmed” and “fled” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,471
- “filmed” frequency rank
- #6,573
- “fled” frequency rank
- 13044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filmed | fled |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of film | simple past and past participle of flee |
Where the eye mixes filmed and fled
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. filmed runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against fled's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between filmed and fled
A purely visual mix-up. filmed (/fɪlmd/) and fled (/ˈflɛd/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filmed is recorded at frequency rank #6,471, classified as averb, pronounced /fɪlmd/. fled is at rank #6,573, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈflɛd/.
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 13044, this pair ranks #478,077 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of filmed vs fled
Shared letters: defl. Private to "filmed": im. Private to "fled": -.
"filmed" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "fled" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "filmed" for "fled" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "filmed" or "fled" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "filmed" and "fled" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filmed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #478,077 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filmed" and "fled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flaked vs fled". 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 #478,077 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.