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

#10,490
“disfruten” frequency rank
#17,945
“disfrutes” frequency rank
28435
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature disfruten disfrutes
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de disfrutar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de disfrutar.

Where the eye mixes disfruten and disfrutes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. disfruten 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
disfruten
9 ch
disfrutes

Look-alike desk: disfruten vs disfrutes

A purely visual mix-up. disfruten ([d̪isˈfɾut̪ẽn]) 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 differ by a single letter - n in “disfruten” becomes s in “disfrutes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

disfruten is recorded at frequency rank #10,490, classified as averb, pronounced [d̪isˈfɾut̪ẽn]. 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 28435, this pair ranks #222,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of disfruten vs disfrutes

Shared letters: defirstu. Private to "disfruten": n. Private to "disfrutes": -.

"disfruten" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC  ·  "disfrutes" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • disfruten ← ddisfruten · difsruten · disffruten · disfrruten · disfrtuen · disfruetn · disfrutenn · disfrutne
  • disfrutes ← ddisfrutes · difsrutes · disffrutes · disfrrutes · disfrtues · disfruets · disfrutess · disfrutse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "disfruten" and "disfrutes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([d̪isˈfɾut̪ẽn] versus [d̪isˈfɾut̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "disfruten" vs "disfrutes" - which ranks higher?
"disfruten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,490 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "disfruten" 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 #222,049 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "disfruten" 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 #222,049 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