Which to use
“fugado” and “fumado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,137
- “fugado” frequency rank
- #28,768
- “fumado” frequency rank
- 66905
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fugado | fumado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de fugar o de fugarse. | Participio de fumar. |
Where the eye mixes fugado and fumado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. fugado and fumado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses fugado with fumado
A purely visual mix-up. fugado ([fuˈɣ̞að̞o]) 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 a single letter - g in “fugado” becomes m in “fumado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66905, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fugado is recorded at frequency rank #38,137, classified as averb, pronounced [fuˈɣ̞að̞o]. 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 66905, this pair ranks #38,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of fugado vs fumado
Shared letters: adfou. Private to "fugado": g. Private to "fumado": m.
"fugado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "fumado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fugado" for "fumado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "fugado" vs "fumado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "fugado" 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 #38,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fugado" and "fumado" 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 #38,549 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.