filmesvsfilosConfusable pair

Quick tell: filmes is a verb, filos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“filmes” is a verb and “filos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,041
“filmes” frequency rank
#47,806
“filos” frequency rank
67847
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature filmes filos
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de filmar. Forma del plural de filo.

Where the eye mixes filmes and filos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. filmes runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against filos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
filmes
5 ch
filos

Look-alike desk: filmes vs filos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: filmes is [ˈfilmes] while filos is [ˈfilos]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67847, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

filmes is recorded at frequency rank #20,041, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈfilmes]. filos is at rank #47,806, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈfilos].

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 67847, this pair ranks #36,067 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of filmes vs filos

Shared letters: fils. Private to "filmes": em. Private to "filos": o.

"filmes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "filos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • filmes ← ffilmes · filems · fillmes · filmess · filmmes · filmse · fimles · flimes
  • filos ← ffilos · fillos · filoss · filso · fiols · flios · iflos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "filmes" and "filos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "filmes" is a verb and "filos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "filmes" or "filos" show up more?
"filmes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,041 in our Spanish list, against #47,806 for "filos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "filmes" and "filos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "filmes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "filos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,067 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "filmes" and "filos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "falo vs filos". 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 #36,067 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