filmadovsfinadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: filmado is a verb, finado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“filmado” is a verb and “finado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,733
“filmado” frequency rank
#47,807
“finado” frequency rank
67540
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filmado finado
Definition Participio de filmar. Que ha muerto.

Where the eye mixes filmado and finado

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

7 ch
filmado
6 ch
finado

Visual trap between filmado and finado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filmado is [filˈmað̞o] while finado is [fiˈnað̞o]. 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 (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67540, 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]. finado is at rank #47,807, tagged as anadj, pronounced [fiˈnað̞o].

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 67540, this pair ranks #36,844 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of filmado vs finado

Shared letters: adfio. Private to "filmado": lm. Private to "finado": n.

"filmado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "finado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filmado ← ffilmado · filamdo · fillmado · filmaddo · filmaod · filmdao · filmmado · fimlado
  • finado ← ffinado · fiando · finaddo · finaod · findao · finnado · fniado · ifnado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "filmado" and "finado" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "filmado" is a verb and "finado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "filmado" vs "finado" - which ranks higher?
"filmado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,733 in our Spanish list, against #47,807 for "finado". 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 "filmado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "finado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,844 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filmado" and "finado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finado vs fugado". 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 #36,844 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