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

#19,733
“filmado” frequency rank
#13,470
“filmar” frequency rank
33203
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filmado filmar
Definition Participio de filmar. Grabar imágenes en una película cinematográfica.

Where the eye mixes filmado and filmar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. filmado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against filmar's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
filmado
6 ch
filmar

Look-alike desk: filmado vs filmar

A purely visual mix-up. filmado ([filˈmað̞o]) and filmar ([filˈmaɾ]) 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 33203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filmado is recorded at frequency rank #19,733, classified as averb, pronounced [filˈmað̞o]. filmar is at rank #13,470, tagged as averb, pronounced [filˈmaɾ].

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 33203, this pair ranks #198,068 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of filmado vs filmar

Shared letters: afilm. Private to "filmado": do. Private to "filmar": r.

"filmado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "filmar" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filmado ← ffilmado · filamdo · fillmado · filmaddo · filmaod · filmdao · filmmado · fimlado
  • filmar ← ffilmar · filamr · fillmar · filmarr · filmmar · filmra · fimlar · flimar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "filmado" and "filmar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([filˈmað̞o] versus [filˈmaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "filmado" or "filmar"?
"filmar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,470 in our Spanish list, against #19,733 for "filmado". 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 "filmado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "filmar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #198,068 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filmado" and "filmar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filmado vs finado". 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 #198,068 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