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“antoja” and “antoje” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,571
“antoja” frequency rank
#39,570
“antoje” frequency rank
60141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature antoja antoje
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de antojarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de antojarse.

Where the eye mixes antoja and antoje

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
antoja
6 ch
antoje

Look-alike desk: antoja vs antoje

A purely visual mix-up. antoja ([ãn̪ˈt̪oxa]) and antoje ([ãn̪ˈt̪oxe]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “antoja” becomes e in “antoje”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

antoja is recorded at frequency rank #20,571, classified as averb, pronounced [ãn̪ˈt̪oxa]. antoje is at rank #39,570, tagged as averb, pronounced [ãn̪ˈt̪oxe].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 60141, this pair ranks #60,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of antoja vs antoje

Shared letters: ajnot. Private to "antoja": -. Private to "antoje": e.

"antoja" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "antoje" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • antojaanntoja · anotja · antjoa · antoaj · antojja · anttoja · atnoja · natoja
  • antojeanntoje · anotje · antjoe · antoej · antojje · anttoje · atnoje · natoje

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "antoja" and "antoje" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ãn̪ˈt̪oxa] versus [ãn̪ˈt̪oxe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "antoja" vs "antoje" - which ranks higher?
"antoja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,571 in our Spanish list, against #39,570 for "antoje". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "antoja" and "antoje" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "antoja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "antoje" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #60,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "antoja" and "antoje" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anoté vs antoje". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #60,000 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list