fijosvsflujosTell them apart

Quick tell: fijos is a adjective, flujos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“fijos” is an adjective and “flujos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,139
“fijos” frequency rank
#12,156
“flujos” frequency rank
22295
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fijos flujos
Definition Forma del plural de fijo. Forma del plural de flujo.

Where the eye mixes fijos and flujos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. fijos runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against flujos's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
fijos
6 ch
flujos

Visual trap between fijos and flujos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: fijos is [ˈfixos] while flujos is [ˈfluxos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fijos is recorded at frequency rank #10,139, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈfixos]. flujos is at rank #12,156, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfluxos].

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 22295, this pair ranks #251,017 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of fijos vs flujos

Shared letters: fjos. Private to "fijos": i. Private to "flujos": lu.

"fijos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "flujos" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fijos ← ffijos · fijjos · fijoss · fijso · fiojs · fjios · ifjos
  • flujos ← fflujos · fljuos · fllujos · flujjos · flujoss · flujso · fluojs · fuljos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fijos" for "flujos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fijos" is an adjective and "flujos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "fijos" vs "flujos" - which ranks higher?
"fijos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,139 in our Spanish list, against #12,156 for "flujos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fijos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "flujos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #251,017 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fijos" and "flujos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flojas vs flujos". 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 #251,017 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