file
[ˈfile]
The verdict
“file” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #27,231) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #27,231
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de filar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-file · file · Spanish
file · rank #27,231 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,231
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH flag
Nearest frequency peer: flag (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “file”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- fas
fas
72,774 corpus weight
- festeja
festeja
72,773 corpus weight
- festín
festín
72,772 corpus weight
- file
file
72,770 corpus weight
- flag
flag
72,769 corpus weight
- flotas
flotas
72,767 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “file” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | file |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfile] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #27,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “file”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for file is neighbouring look-alikes ("fue", "fin", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈfile]. Frequency #27,231 among 2,333 “F” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for file, with forms such as "ffile", "fille", and "flie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fue", "fin", "fit", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is file, spelled F-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de filar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de filar.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de filar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffile
- fille
- flie
- ifle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of file - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "file", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).