fue
[ˈfwe]
The verdict
“fue” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #44
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-fue · fue · Spanish
fue · rank #44 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #44
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH hay
Nearest frequency peer: hay (-2 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 “fue”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- son
son
99,961 corpus weight
- sin
sin
99,960 corpus weight
- hay
hay
99,959 corpus weight
- fue
fue
99,957 corpus weight
- muy
muy
99,955 corpus weight
- sobre
sobre
99,954 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “fue” 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 | fue |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfwe] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #44 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “fue”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for fue is neighbouring look-alikes ("fui", "für", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈfwe]. Frequency #44 among 2,333 “F” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for fue in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fui", "für", "fut", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is fue, spelled F-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ir.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ser.
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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