enamorévsenamoroConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#17,956
“enamoré” frequency rank
#42,977
“enamoro” frequency rank
60933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enamoré enamoro
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enamorar o de enamorarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de enamorar o de enamorarse.

Where the eye mixes enamoré and enamoro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enamoré and enamoro follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
enamoré
7 ch
enamoro

Look-alike desk: enamoré vs enamoro

A purely visual mix-up. enamoré ([enamoˈɾe]) and enamoro ([enaˈmoɾo]) 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 - é in “enamoré” becomes o in “enamoro”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enamoré is recorded at frequency rank #17,956, classified as averb, pronounced [enamoˈɾe]. enamoro is at rank #42,977, tagged as averb, pronounced [enaˈmoɾo].

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 60933, this pair ranks #57,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enamoré vs enamoro

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

"enamoré" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "enamoro" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enamoro ← eanmoro · enammoro · enamoor · enamorro · enamroo · enaomro · enmaoro · ennamoro

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enamoré" for "enamoro" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([enamoˈɾe] versus [enaˈmoɾo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enamoré" or "enamoro" show up more?
"enamoré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,956 in our Spanish list, against #42,977 for "enamoro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "enamoré" and "enamoro" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enamoré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enamoro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,186 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enamoré" and "enamoro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enamoran vs enamoro". 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 #57,186 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