Which to use
“filé” and “film” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,797
- “filé” frequency rank
- #11,462
- “film” frequency rank
- 29259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filé | film |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | empenho | filme |
Letter map: filé vs film
Shared letters muted; letters that set filé and film apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Corpus notes: filé and film
filé and film are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - é in “filé” becomes m in “film”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filé is recorded at frequency rank #17,797, classified as anoun. film is at rank #11,462, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈfɪlm/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
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 29259, this pair ranks #39,437 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filé vs film
Shared letters: fil. Private to "filé": é. Private to "film": m.
"filé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "film" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- film ← ffilm · fillm · filmm · fiml · flim · iflm
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filé" and "film" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "filé" vs "film" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "filé" vs "film" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "filé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "film" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,437 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filé" and "film" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "filão vs filé". 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 #39,437 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.