enmarañar
[ẽmmaɾaˈɲaɾ]
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enmarañar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmmaɾaˈɲaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enmarañar” sits in Spanish frequency
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
- 1Enredar, revolver una cosa; como el cabello, una madeja de seda, etc.
- 2Confundir, enredar un asunto haciendo más difícil su buen éxito.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how enmarañar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«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».
«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».
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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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.