Which to use
“enamorado” is an adjective and “enamorados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,329
- “enamorado” frequency rank
- #11,214
- “enamorados” frequency rank
- 15543
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enamorado | enamorados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Que siente o tiene un amor profundo. | Forma del plural de enamorado, participio de enamorar o de enamorarse. |
Where the eye mixes enamorado and enamorados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. enamorado runs 9 letters (VCVCVCVCV) against enamorados's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enamorado vs enamorados
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enamorado is [enamoˈɾað̞o] while enamorados is [enamoˈɾað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enamorado” sits inside “enamorados”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15543, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enamorado is recorded at frequency rank #4,329, classified as anadj, pronounced [enamoˈɾað̞o]. 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 15543, this pair ranks #279,725 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enamorado vs enamorados
Shared letters: ademnor. Private to "enamorado": -. Private to "enamorados": s.
"enamorado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVCV · "enamorados" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enamorado ← eanmorado · enammorado · enamoardo · enamoraddo · enamoraod · enamordao · enamorrado · enamroado
- enamorados ← eanmorados · enammorados · enamoardos · enamoraddos · enamoradoss · enamoradso · enamoraods · enamordaos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enamorado" for "enamorados" ever safe?
Which is more common, "enamorado" or "enamorados"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "enamorado" 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 #279,725 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enamorado" and "enamorados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enamorados 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 #279,725 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.