enmarañar

[ẽmmaɾaˈɲaɾ]

/[ẽmmaɾaˈɲaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“enmarañar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Enredar, revolver una cosa; como el cabello, una madeja de seda, etc.

Corpus desk

Index ES-enmaranar · enmarañar · Spanish

enmarañar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for enmarañar
PropertyValue
Headwordenmarañar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmmaɾaˈɲaɾ]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “enmarañar” sits in Spanish frequency

enmarañar falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enmarañar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmmaɾaˈɲaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enmarañar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is enmarañar, spelled E-N-M-A-R-A-Ñ-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enredar, revolver una cosa; como el cabello, una madeja de seda, etc.
  2. 2
    Confundir, enredar un asunto haciendo más difícil su buen éxito.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how enmarañar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Pues Leonor, la relamida lanzadera del telar de esta pretensión picote, pues tejedora neutral entre ti y tu concurrente has sabido enmarañar lanas de color diverso, negra aquí si blanca allá».
  2. «Este era de seguro éxito para turbar la voluntad de Céfora, para enmarañar la red de sus nervios, encender su sangre y chamuscar su piel».

Synonyms

Antonyms

desenmarañardesenredarliberarfacilitarfavorecer

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enmarañar"?
"enmarañar" is spelled E-N-M-A-R-A-Ñ-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmmaɾaˈɲaɾ].
What does "enmarañar" mean?
As a verb, "enmarañar" means: Enredar, revolver una cosa; como el cabello, una madeja de seda, etc.
How do you pronounce "enmarañar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enmarañar" is [ẽmmaɾaˈɲaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enmarañar" come from?
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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