disfrutarvsdisfrutasConfusable pair

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

#2,205
“disfrutar” frequency rank
#24,122
“disfrutas” frequency rank
26327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disfrutar disfrutas
Definition Percibir o gozar los productos y utilidades de una cosa. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de disfrutar.

Where the eye mixes disfrutar and disfrutas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disfrutar and disfrutas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
disfrutar
9 ch
disfrutas

Visual trap between disfrutar and disfrutas

A purely visual mix-up. disfrutar ([d̪isfɾuˈt̪aɾ]) and disfrutas ([d̪isˈfɾut̪as]) 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 - r in “disfrutar” becomes s in “disfrutas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disfrutar is recorded at frequency rank #2,205, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isfɾuˈt̪aɾ]. disfrutas is at rank #24,122, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈfɾut̪as].

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 26327, this pair ranks #232,167 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disfrutar vs disfrutas

Shared letters: adfirstu. Private to "disfrutar": -. Private to "disfrutas": -.

"disfrutar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "disfrutas" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disfrutar ← ddisfrutar · difsrutar · disffrutar · disfrrutar · disfrtuar · disfruatr · disfrutarr · disfrutra
  • disfrutas ← ddisfrutas · difsrutas · disffrutas · disfrrutas · disfrtuas · disfruats · disfrutass · disfrutsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disfrutar" and "disfrutas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isfɾuˈt̪aɾ] versus [d̪isˈfɾut̪as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "disfrutar" or "disfrutas" show up more?
"disfrutar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,205 in our Spanish list, against #24,122 for "disfrutas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "disfrutar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "disfrutas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,167 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disfrutar" and "disfrutas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discutas vs disfrutas". 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 #232,167 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