Which to use
“fiable” is an adjective and “fiebre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,249
- “fiable” frequency rank
- #4,602
- “fiebre” frequency rank
- 17851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiable | fiebre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Se dice de la persona en la que se puede confiar. | Fenómeno patológico que ordinariamente se manifiesta por elevación de la temperatura normal del cuerpo y frecuencia del pulso y la respiración. |
Where the eye mixes fiable and fiebre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fiable and fiebre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses fiable with fiebre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fiable is [ˈfjaβ̞le] while fiebre is [ˈfjeβ̞ɾe]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiable is recorded at frequency rank #13,249, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfjaβ̞le]. fiebre is at rank #4,602, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfjeβ̞ɾe].
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 17851, this pair ranks #270,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of fiable vs fiebre
Shared letters: befi. Private to "fiable": al. Private to "fiebre": r.
"fiable" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "fiebre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fiable" for "fiebre" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "fiable" or "fiebre" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "fiable" and "fiebre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "fiable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fiebre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #270,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiable" and "fiebre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fiable vs fiarse". 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 #270,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.