enamorarvsenamoraronWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#19,712
“enamorar” frequency rank
#46,518
“enamoraron” frequency rank
66230
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes enamorar and enamoraron

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enamorar runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVC) against enamoraron's 10 (VCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
enamorar
10 ch
enamoraron

Why the eye confuses enamorar with enamoraron

A purely visual mix-up. enamorar ([enamoˈɾaɾ]) and enamoraron ([enamoˈɾaɾõn]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “enamorar” sits inside “enamoraron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66230, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enamorar is recorded at frequency rank #19,712, classified as averb, pronounced [enamoˈɾaɾ]. enamoraron is at rank #46,518, tagged as averb, pronounced [enamoˈɾaɾõn].

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 66230, this pair ranks #40,411 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enamorar vs enamoraron

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

"enamorar" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "enamoraron" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enamorar ← eanmorar · enammorar · enamoarr · enamorarr · enamorra · enamorrar · enamroar · enaomrar
  • enamoraron ← eanmoraron · enammoraron · enamoarron · enamoraorn · enamorarno · enamoraronn · enamorarron · enamorraon

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enamorar" for "enamoraron" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([enamoˈɾaɾ] versus [enamoˈɾaɾõn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enamorar" vs "enamoraron" - which ranks higher?
"enamorar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,712 in our Spanish list, against #46,518 for "enamoraron". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "enamorar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enamoraron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,411 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enamorar" and "enamoraron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enamoramos 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 #40,411 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