enamoradasvsenamoradosConfusable pair

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

#40,279
“enamoradas” frequency rank
#11,214
“enamorados” frequency rank
51493
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enamoradas enamorados
Definition Forma del femenino plural de enamorado, participio de enamorar o de enamorarse. Forma del plural de enamorado, participio de enamorar o de enamorarse.

Where the eye mixes enamoradas and enamorados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. enamoradas and enamorados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
enamoradas
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enamorados

Why the eye confuses enamoradas with enamorados

A purely visual mix-up. enamoradas ([enamoˈɾað̞as]) and enamorados ([enamoˈɾað̞os]) 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 “enamoradas” becomes o in “enamorados”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enamoradas is recorded at frequency rank #40,279, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [enamoˈɾað̞as]. enamorados is at rank #11,214, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [enamoˈɾað̞os].

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 51493, this pair ranks #97,602 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enamoradas vs enamorados

Shared letters: ademnors. Private to "enamoradas": -. Private to "enamorados": -.

"enamoradas" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC  ·  "enamorados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enamoradas ← eanmoradas · enammoradas · enamoardas · enamoraads · enamoradass · enamoraddas · enamoradsa · enamordaas
  • enamorados ← eanmorados · enammorados · enamoardos · enamoraddos · enamoradoss · enamoradso · enamoraods · enamordaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enamoradas" for "enamorados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([enamoˈɾað̞as] versus [enamoˈɾað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enamoradas" vs "enamorados" - which ranks higher?
"enamorados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,214 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

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enamoradas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enamorados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #97,602 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enamoradas" and "enamorados" 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 #97,602 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