engañen

[ẽŋˈgaɲẽn]

/[ẽŋˈgaɲẽn]/ verb

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The verdict

“engañen” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,189. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,189
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de engañar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-enganen · engañen · Spanish

engañen · rank #32,189 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,189
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH engañaron

Nearest frequency peer: engañaron (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “engañen”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “engañen” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

engañen vs engaño
71% similar
engañen vs engine
57% similar
engañen vs engaños
71% similar

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

Key facts for engañen
PropertyValue
Headwordengañen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽŋˈgaɲẽn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#32,189
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “engañen”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).engañencae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “engañaron” (#32,188), “enloquecer” (#32,190), “enfocadas” (#32,187). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “engañen” va en #32,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around engañen (IPA [ẽŋˈgaɲẽn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,189 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for engañen, with forms such as "egnañen", "enagñen", and "engaeñn". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "engaño", "engine", "engaños", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is engañen, spelled E-N-G-A-Ñ-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de engañar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de engañar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • egnañen
  • enagñen
  • engaeñn
  • engañenn
  • engañne
  • enggañen
  • engñaen
  • enngañen
  • negañen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engañen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

egnañen2enagñen2engaeñn2engañenn1engañne2enggañen1engñaen2enngañen1
Edit distance from "engañen"

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 "engañen"?
"engañen" is spelled E-N-G-A-Ñ-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋˈgaɲẽn].
What does "engañen" mean?
As a verb, "engañen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de engañar.
What words are commonly confused with "engañen"?
"engañen" is commonly confused with "engaño", "engine", "engaños". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "engañen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "engañen" is [ẽŋˈgaɲẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "engañen" come from?
"engañen" 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "engañen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

encerró#32,185exagera#32,202felinos#32,214decreta#32,161

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

crisol9 variantscostal9 variantsground9 variantshachas9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list