fallamosvsfallidosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: fallamos is a verb, fallidos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fallamos” is a verb and “fallidos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,348
“fallamos” frequency rank
#26,444
“fallidos” frequency rank
57792
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fallamos fallidos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de fallar. Forma del plural de fallido.

Where the eye mixes fallamos and fallidos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
fallamos
8 ch
fallidos

Why the eye confuses fallamos with fallidos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fallamos is [faˈʝamos] while fallidos is [faˈʝið̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57792, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fallamos is recorded at frequency rank #31,348, classified as averb, pronounced [faˈʝamos]. fallidos is at rank #26,444, tagged as anoun, pronounced [faˈʝið̞os].

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 57792, this pair ranks #69,051 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fallamos vs fallidos

Shared letters: aflos. Private to "fallamos": m. Private to "fallidos": di.

"fallamos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "fallidos" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fallamosafllamos · falalmos · falamos · fallammos · fallamoss · fallamso · fallaoms · fallmaos
  • fallidosafllidos · falidos · falildos · falldios · falliddos · fallidoss · fallidso · falliods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fallamos" for "fallidos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fallamos" is a verb and "fallidos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fallamos" vs "fallidos" - which ranks higher?
"fallidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,444 in our Spanish list, against #31,348 for "fallamos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "fallamos" and "fallidos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fallamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fallidos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,051 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fallamos" and "fallidos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fallamos vs fallaron". 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 #69,051 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