Which to use
“encantaban” and “encantará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,714
- “encantaban” frequency rank
- #23,041
- “encantará” frequency rank
- 67755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encantaban | encantará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encantar. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de encantar. |
Where the eye mixes encantaban and encantará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. encantaban runs 10 letters (VCCVCCVCVC) against encantará's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses encantaban with encantará
A purely visual mix-up. encantaban ([ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]) and encantará ([ẽŋkãn̪t̪aˈɾa]) 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 67755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encantaban is recorded at frequency rank #44,714, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪aβ̞ãn]. encantará is at rank #23,041, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkãn̪t̪aˈɾa].
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 67755, this pair ranks #36,299 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encantaban vs encantará
Shared letters: acent. Private to "encantaban": b. Private to "encantará": rá.
"encantaban" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "encantará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encantaban ← ecnantaban · enacntaban · encanatban · encanntaban · encantaabn · encantabann · encantabban · encantabna
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "encantaban" and "encantará" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encantaban" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encantará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,299 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encantaban" and "encantará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encantaban vs encargaban". 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 #36,299 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.