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

#30,056
“enamoran” frequency rank
#19,712
“enamorar” frequency rank
49768
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enamoran enamorar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enamorar o de enamorarse. Provocar el sentimiento del amor en alguien.

Where the eye mixes enamoran and enamorar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enamoran and enamorar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
enamoran
8 ch
enamorar

Look-alike desk: enamoran vs enamorar

A purely visual mix-up. enamoran ([enaˈmoɾãn]) and enamorar ([enamoˈɾaɾ]) 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 “enamoran” becomes r in “enamorar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enamoran is recorded at frequency rank #30,056, classified as averb, pronounced [enaˈmoɾãn]. enamorar is at rank #19,712, tagged as averb, pronounced [enamoˈɾaɾ].

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 49768, this pair ranks #106,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enamoran vs enamorar

Shared letters: aemnor. Private to "enamoran": -. Private to "enamorar": -.

"enamoran" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "enamorar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enamoran ← eanmoran · enammoran · enamoarn · enamorann · enamorna · enamorran · enamroan · enaomran
  • enamorar ← eanmorar · enammorar · enamoarr · enamorarr · enamorra · enamorrar · enamroar · enaomrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enamoran" and "enamorar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([enaˈmoɾãn] versus [enamoˈɾaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enamoran" vs "enamorar" - which ranks higher?
"enamorar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,712 in our Spanish list, against #30,056 for "enamoran". 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 "enamoran" and "enamorar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enamoran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enamorar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #106,926 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enamoran" and "enamorar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enamoran vs enamoraron". 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 #106,926 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