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“fichado” and “filmado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,758
“fichado” frequency rank
#19,733
“filmado” frequency rank
48491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fichado filmado
Definition Participio de fichar. Participio de filmar.

Where the eye mixes fichado and filmado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fichado and filmado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
fichado
7 ch
filmado

Visual trap between fichado and filmado

A purely visual mix-up. fichado ([fiˈt͡ʃað̞o]) 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 48491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fichado is recorded at frequency rank #28,758, classified as averb, pronounced [fiˈt͡ʃað̞o]. 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 48491, this pair ranks #114,194 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fichado vs filmado

Shared letters: adfio. Private to "fichado": ch. Private to "filmado": lm.

"fichado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "filmado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fichado ← fcihado · ffichado · ficahdo · ficchado · fichaddo · fichaod · fichdao · fichhado
  • filmado ← ffilmado · filamdo · fillmado · filmaddo · filmaod · filmdao · filmmado · fimlado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fichado" and "filmado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fiˈt͡ʃað̞o] versus [filˈmað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "fichado" vs "filmado" - which ranks higher?
"filmado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,733 in our Spanish list, against #28,758 for "fichado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "fichado" 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 #114,194 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fichado" and "filmado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fichado 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 #114,194 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