filmavsfilmadaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: filma is a verb, filmada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“filma” is a verb and “filmada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,608
“filma” frequency rank
#34,587
“filmada” frequency rank
68195
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filma filmada
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de filmar. Forma del femenino de filmado, participio de filmar.

Where the eye mixes filma and filmada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filma runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against filmada's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
filma
7 ch
filmada

Look-alike desk: filma vs filmada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filma is [ˈfilma] while filmada is [filˈmað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “filma” sits inside “filmada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filma is recorded at frequency rank #33,608, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfilma]. filmada is at rank #34,587, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [filˈmað̞a].

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 68195, this pair ranks #35,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of filma vs filmada

Shared letters: afilm. Private to "filma": -. Private to "filmada": d.

"filma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "filmada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filma ← ffilma · filam · fillma · filmma · fimla · flima · iflma
  • filmada ← ffilmada · filamda · fillmada · filmaad · filmadda · filmdaa · filmmada · fimlada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "filma" and "filmada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "filma" is a verb and "filmada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "filma" or "filmada"?
"filma" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,608 in our Spanish list, against #34,587 for "filmada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "filma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "filmada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #35,124 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filma" and "filmada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filma vs flama". 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 #35,124 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