filmadavsfirmadasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,587
“filmada” frequency rank
#30,915
“firmadas” frequency rank
65502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filmada firmadas
Definition Forma del femenino de filmado, participio de filmar. Forma del femenino plural de firmado, participio de firmar o de firmarse.

Where the eye mixes filmada and firmadas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. filmada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against firmadas's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
filmada
8 ch
firmadas

Why the eye confuses filmada with firmadas

A purely visual mix-up. filmada ([filˈmað̞a]) and firmadas ([fiɾˈmað̞as]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filmada is recorded at frequency rank #34,587, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [filˈmað̞a]. firmadas is at rank #30,915, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [fiɾˈmað̞as].

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 65502, this pair ranks #42,452 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of filmada vs firmadas

Shared letters: adfim. Private to "filmada": l. Private to "firmadas": rs.

"filmada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "firmadas" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filmada ← ffilmada · filamda · fillmada · filmaad · filmadda · filmdaa · filmmada · fimlada
  • firmadas ← ffirmadas · fimradas · firamdas · firmaads · firmadass · firmaddas · firmadsa · firmdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "filmada" and "firmadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([filˈmað̞a] versus [fiɾˈmað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "filmada" or "firmadas" show up more?
"firmadas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,915 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.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "filmada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "firmadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #42,452 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filmada" and "firmadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filmada vs follada". 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 #42,452 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