disfrutarvsdisfrutesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#2,205
“disfrutar” frequency rank
#17,945
“disfrutes” frequency rank
20150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes disfrutar and disfrutes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. disfrutar and disfrutes 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
disfrutes

Look-alike desk: disfrutar vs disfrutes

A purely visual mix-up. disfrutar ([d̪isfɾuˈt̪aɾ]) and disfrutes ([d̪isˈfɾut̪es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20150, 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]. disfrutes is at rank #17,945, tagged as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈfɾut̪es].

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 20150, this pair ranks #260,580 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of disfrutar vs disfrutes

Shared letters: dfirstu. Private to "disfrutar": a. Private to "disfrutes": e.

"disfrutar" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "disfrutes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disfrutar ← ddisfrutar · difsrutar · disffrutar · disfrrutar · disfrtuar · disfruatr · disfrutarr · disfrutra
  • disfrutes ← ddisfrutes · difsrutes · disffrutes · disfrrutes · disfrtues · disfruets · disfrutess · disfrutse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disfrutar" and "disfrutes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isfɾuˈt̪aɾ] versus [d̪isˈfɾut̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "disfrutar" vs "disfrutes" - which ranks higher?
"disfrutar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,205 in our Spanish list, against #17,945 for "disfrutes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "disfrutar" and "disfrutes" 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 "disfrutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #260,580 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disfrutar" and "disfrutes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disfrutemos vs disfrutes". 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 #260,580 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