Which to use
“faltado” and “filmado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,091
- “faltado” frequency rank
- #19,733
- “filmado” frequency rank
- 34824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faltado | filmado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de faltar. | Participio de filmar. |
Where the eye mixes faltado and filmado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. faltado and filmado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses faltado with filmado
A purely visual mix-up. faltado ([fal̪ˈt̪að̞o]) and filmado ([filˈmað̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faltado is recorded at frequency rank #15,091, classified as averb, pronounced [fal̪ˈt̪að̞o]. filmado is at rank #19,733, tagged as averb, pronounced [filˈmað̞o].
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 34824, this pair ranks #189,352 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of faltado vs filmado
Shared letters: adflo. Private to "faltado": t. Private to "filmado": im.
"faltado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "filmado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "faltado" for "filmado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "faltado" vs "filmado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "faltado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filmado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,352 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faltado" and "filmado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filmado vs finado". 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 #189,352 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.