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

#19,733
“filmado” frequency rank
#28,768
“fumado” frequency rank
48501
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filmado fumado
Definition Participio de filmar. Participio de fumar.

Where the eye mixes filmado and fumado

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

7 ch
filmado
6 ch
fumado

Visual trap between filmado and fumado

A purely visual mix-up. filmado ([filˈmað̞o]) and fumado ([fuˈmað̞o]) 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 48501, 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]. fumado is at rank #28,768, tagged as averb, pronounced [fuˈmað̞o].

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 48501, this pair ranks #114,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of filmado vs fumado

Shared letters: adfmo. Private to "filmado": il. Private to "fumado": u.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filmado ← ffilmado · filamdo · fillmado · filmaddo · filmaod · filmdao · filmmado · fimlado
  • fumado ← ffumado · fmuado · fuamdo · fumaddo · fumaod · fumdao · fummado · ufmado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "filmado" for "fumado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([filˈmað̞o] versus [fuˈmað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "filmado" vs "fumado" - which ranks higher?
"filmado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,733 in our Spanish list, against #28,768 for "fumado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "filmado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fumado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,139 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filmado" and "fumado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finado vs fumado". 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 #114,139 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