Which to use
“filas” and “filón” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,897
- “filas” frequency rank
- #42,452
- “filón” frequency rank
- 47349
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filas | filón |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de fila. | Masa metálifera o pétrea que llena una grieta de las rocas, frecuentemente depositada por sedimentación de aguas subterráneas o de origen volcánico. |
Where the eye mixes filas and filón
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. filas and filón follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between filas and filón
A purely visual mix-up. filas ([ˈfilas]) and filón ([fiˈlõn]) 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 47349, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filas is recorded at frequency rank #4,897, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfilas]. filón is at rank #42,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced [fiˈlõn].
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 47349, this pair ranks #120,530 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filas vs filón
Shared letters: fil. Private to "filas": as. Private to "filón": nó.
"filas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "filón" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- filas ← ffilas · fials · filass · fillas · filsa · flias · iflas
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "filas" and "filón" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "filas" or "filón"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "filas" and "filón" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "filas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "filón" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #120,530 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filas" and "filón" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filón vs filos". 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 #120,530 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.