engañar
[ẽŋgaˈɲaɾ]
The verdict
“engañar” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #5,827 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #5,827
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Llevar deliberadamente a alguno a creer lo que no es cierto.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | engañar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋgaˈɲaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “engañar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for engañar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋgaˈɲaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,827 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for engañar, with forms such as "egnañar", "enagñar", and "engaañr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "engaño", "engañe", "enseñar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is engañar, spelled E-N-G-A-Ñ-A-R.
Definition
- 1Llevar deliberadamente a alguno a creer lo que no es cierto.
- 2Dicho de un efecto sensorial, llevar a inferencias inexactas acerca de lo que le da origen; producir la ilusión de los sentidos.
- 3Faltar a la fidelidad conyugal, cometer adulterio.
- 4Desviar la atención para hacer una sensación más llevadera.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egnañar,enagñar,engaañr,engañarr,engañra,enggañar,engñaar,enngañar,negañar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engañar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “engañar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-G-A-Ñ-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋgaˈɲaɾ] (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. engañar 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.