Which to use
“enabled” and “entailed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,960
- “enabled” frequency rank
- #31,542
- “entailed” frequency rank
- 37502
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enabled | entailed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Being capable for use or action; not disabled. | Having or resulting from a legal entail; pertaining to inheritance that is limited in descent to a particular class of issue. |
Letter map: enabled vs entailed
Shared letters muted; letters that set enabled and entailed apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Corpus notes: enabled and entailed
enabled and entailed are indexed as a confusable English 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enabled is recorded at frequency rank #5,960, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɛˈneɪbl̩d/. entailed is at rank #31,542, tagged as anadj.
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 37502, this pair ranks #294,010 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enabled vs entailed
Shared letters: adeln. Private to "enabled": b. Private to "entailed": it.
"enabled" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "entailed" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enabled" for "entailed" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enabled" or "entailed"?
After this comparison
Pair "enabled" vs "entailed" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "enabled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entailed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #294,010 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enabled" and "entailed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entailed vs enticed". 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 #294,010 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.