fijarávsfiltraWhich spelling fits?

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

#47,805
“fijará” frequency rank
#20,372
“filtra” frequency rank
68177
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fijará filtra
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de fijar o de fijarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de filtrar.

Where the eye mixes fijará and filtra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. fijará (CVCVCV) and filtra (CVCCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
fijará
6 ch
filtra

Visual trap between fijará and filtra

A purely visual mix-up. fijará ([fixaˈɾa]) and filtra ([ˈfil̪t̪ɾa]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fijará is recorded at frequency rank #47,805, classified as averb, pronounced [fixaˈɾa]. filtra is at rank #20,372, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈfil̪t̪ɾa].

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 68177, this pair ranks #35,173 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of fijará vs filtra

Shared letters: afir. Private to "fijará": já. Private to "filtra": lt.

"fijará" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "filtra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filtra ← ffiltra · filltra · filrta · filtar · filttra · fitlra · flitra · ifltra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fijará" and "filtra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([fixaˈɾa] versus [ˈfil̪t̪ɾa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "fijará" or "filtra"?
"filtra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,372 in our Spanish list, against #47,805 for "fijará". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fijará" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "filtra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,173 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fijará" and "filtra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fijaba vs fijará". 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 #35,173 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