Which to use
“encabezado” is a noun and “encabezan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,809
- “encabezado” frequency rank
- #37,582
- “encabezan” frequency rank
- 47391
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encabezado | encabezan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | La cabecera de la página de un libro u otro documento. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encabezar. |
Where the eye mixes encabezado and encabezan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. encabezado runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVCV) against encabezan's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between encabezado and encabezan
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encabezado is [ẽŋkaβ̞eˈsað̞o] while encabezan is [ẽŋkaˈβ̞esãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47391, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encabezado is recorded at frequency rank #9,809, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽŋkaβ̞eˈsað̞o]. encabezan is at rank #37,582, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkaˈβ̞esãn].
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 47391, this pair ranks #120,298 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encabezado vs encabezan
Shared letters: abcenz. Private to "encabezado": do. Private to "encabezan": -.
"encabezado" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCV · "encabezan" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encabezado ← ecnabezado · enacbezado · encabbezado · encabeazdo · encabezaddo · encabezaod · encabezdao · encabezzado
- encabezan ← ecnabezan · enacbezan · encabbezan · encabeazn · encabezann · encabezna · encabezzan · encabzean
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encabezado" and "encabezan" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "encabezado" vs "encabezan" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "encabezado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encabezan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #120,298 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encabezado" and "encabezan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encabezaba vs encabezan". 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 #120,298 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.