elaboradasvsenamoradasConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#18,805
“elaboradas” frequency rank
#40,279
“enamoradas” frequency rank
59084
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature elaboradas enamoradas
Definition Forma del femenino plural de elaborado, participio de elaborar. Forma del femenino plural de enamorado, participio de enamorar o de enamorarse.

Where the eye mixes elaboradas and enamoradas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
elaboradas
10 ch
enamoradas

Look-alike desk: elaboradas vs enamoradas

A purely visual mix-up. elaboradas ([elaβ̞oˈɾað̞as]) and enamoradas ([enamoˈɾað̞as]) 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 59084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

elaboradas is recorded at frequency rank #18,805, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [elaβ̞oˈɾað̞as]. enamoradas is at rank #40,279, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [enamoˈɾað̞as].

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 59084, this pair ranks #63,958 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of elaboradas vs enamoradas

Shared letters: adeors. Private to "elaboradas": bl. Private to "enamoradas": mn.

"elaboradas" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC  ·  "enamoradas" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • elaboradasealboradas · elabboradas · elaboardas · elaboraads · elaboradass · elaboraddas · elaboradsa · elabordaas
  • enamoradaseanmoradas · enammoradas · enamoardas · enamoraads · enamoradass · enamoraddas · enamoradsa · enamordaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "elaboradas" for "enamoradas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([elaβ̞oˈɾað̞as] versus [enamoˈɾað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "elaboradas" vs "enamoradas" - which ranks higher?
"elaboradas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,805 in our Spanish list, against #40,279 for "enamoradas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "elaboradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enamoradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,958 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "elaboradas" and "enamoradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enamoradas vs enamoramos". 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 #63,958 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