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Which to use

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

#4,903
“fuga” frequency rank
#33,619
“fury” frequency rank
38522
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fuga fury
Definition Acción o efecto de fugarse o de huir apresuradamente. Furia.

Where the eye mixes fuga and fury

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. fuga and fury follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
fuga
4 ch
fury

Visual trap between fuga and fury

A purely visual mix-up. fuga ([ˈfuɣ̞a]) and fury (/ˈfjʊə.ɹi/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fuga is recorded at frequency rank #4,903, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈfuɣ̞a]. fury is at rank #33,619, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/.

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 38522, this pair ranks #169,553 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fuga vs fury

Shared letters: fu. Private to "fuga": ag. Private to "fury": ry.

"fuga" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "fury" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fuga ← ffuga · fgua · fuag · fugga · ufga
  • fury ← ffury · fruy · furry · furyy · fuyr · ufry

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "fuga" for "fury" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈfuɣ̞a] versus /ˈfjʊə.ɹi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "fuga" or "fury" show up more?
"fuga" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,903 in our Spanish list, against #33,619 for "fury". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "fuga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "fury" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #169,553 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fuga" and "fury" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fora vs fury". 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 #169,553 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