Which to use
“fallado” and “faltando” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,820
- “fallado” frequency rank
- #15,857
- “faltando” frequency rank
- 25677
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fallado | faltando |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de fallar. | Gerundio de faltar. |
Where the eye mixes fallado and faltando
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. fallado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against faltando's 8 (CVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: fallado vs faltando
A purely visual mix-up. fallado ([faˈʝað̞o]) and faltando ([fal̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fallado is recorded at frequency rank #9,820, classified as averb, pronounced [faˈʝað̞o]. faltando is at rank #15,857, tagged as averb, pronounced [fal̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o].
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 25677, this pair ranks #235,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fallado vs faltando
Shared letters: adflo. Private to "fallado": -. Private to "faltando": nt.
"fallado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "faltando" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fallado" for "faltando" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fallado" vs "faltando" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "fallado" and "faltando" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fallado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "faltando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #235,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fallado" and "faltando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "faltando vs filtrando". 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 #235,326 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.