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Which to use

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

#30,056
“enamoran” frequency rank
#17,956
“enamoré” frequency rank
48012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enamoran enamoré
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enamorar o de enamorarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enamorar o de enamorarse.

Where the eye mixes enamoran and enamoré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enamoran runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against enamoré's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
enamoran
7 ch
enamoré

Why the eye confuses enamoran with enamoré

A purely visual mix-up. enamoran ([enaˈmoɾãn]) and enamoré ([enamoˈɾe]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48012, 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]. enamoré is at rank #17,956, tagged as averb, pronounced [enamoˈɾe].

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 48012, this pair ranks #116,805 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enamoran vs enamoré

Shared letters: aemnor. Private to "enamoran": -. Private to "enamoré": é.

"enamoran" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "enamoré" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enamoran ← eanmoran · enammoran · enamoarn · enamorann · enamorna · enamorran · enamroan · enaomran

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enamoran" and "enamoré" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([enaˈmoɾãn] versus [enamoˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enamoran" or "enamoré" show up more?
"enamoré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,956 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.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enamoran" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enamoré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #116,805 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enamoran" and "enamoré" 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 #116,805 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