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Which to use

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

#19,712
“enamorar” frequency rank
#17,956
“enamoré” frequency rank
37668
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enamorar enamoré
Definition Provocar el sentimiento del amor en alguien. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enamorar o de enamorarse.

Where the eye mixes enamorar and enamoré

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enamorar 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
enamorar
7 ch
enamoré

Why the eye confuses enamorar with enamoré

A purely visual mix-up. enamorar ([enamoˈɾaɾ]) 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 37668, 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]. 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 37668, this pair ranks #174,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enamorar vs enamoré

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

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enamorar ← eanmorar · enammorar · enamoarr · enamorarr · enamorra · enamorrar · enamroar · enaomrar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enamorar" for "enamoré" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([enamoˈɾaɾ] versus [enamoˈɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enamorar" vs "enamoré" - which ranks higher?
"enamoré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,956 in our Spanish list, against #19,712 for "enamorar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "enamoré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #174,100 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enamorar" and "enamoré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enamorar 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 #174,100 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