engañado

[ẽŋgaˈɲað̞o]

/[ẽŋgaˈɲað̞o]/ verb

The verdict

“engañado” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,145 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.

#12,145
frequency rank, Spanish
8
letters
10
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de engañar o de engañarse.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

engañado vs engaño
75% similar
engañado vs engañar
75% similar
engañado vs engañan
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for engañado
PropertyValue
Headwordengañado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽŋgaˈɲað̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,145
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “engañado” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). engañado lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for engañado is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,145 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de engañar o de engañarse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for engañado, with forms such as "egnañado", "enagñado", and "engaañdo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "engaño", "engañar", "engañan", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is engañado, spelled E-N-G-A-Ñ-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de engañar o de engañarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: egnañado,enagñado,engaañdo,engañaddo,engañaod,engañdao,enggañado,engñaado,enngañado,negañado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engañado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

egnañado2enagñado2engaañdo2engañaddo1engañaod2engañdao2enggañado1engñaado2
Edit distance from "engañado"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "engañado"?
"engañado" is spelled E-N-G-A-Ñ-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞o].
What does "engañado" mean?
As a verb, "engañado" means: Participio de engañar o de engañarse.
What words are commonly confused with "engañado"?
"engañado" is commonly confused with "engaño", "engañar", "engañan". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engañado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engañado" is [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engañado" come from?
"engañado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “engañado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-G-A-Ñ-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “engaño” - see the side-by-side comparison. engañado vs engaño
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list