encantadavsengañadaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#13,448
“encantada” frequency rank
#29,628
“engañada” frequency rank
43076
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encantada engañada
Definition Forma del femenino de encantado, participio de encantar o de encantarse. Forma del femenino de engañado, participio de engañar.

Where the eye mixes encantada and engañada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

9 ch
encantada
8 ch
engañada

Visual trap between encantada and engañada

A purely visual mix-up. encantada ([ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞a]) and engañada ([ẽŋgaˈɲað̞a]) 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 43076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

encantada is recorded at frequency rank #13,448, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞a]. engañada is at rank #29,628, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞a].

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 43076, this pair ranks #144,661 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of encantada vs engañada

Shared letters: aden. Private to "encantada": ct. Private to "engañada": .

"encantada" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "engañada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encantadaecnantada · enacntada · encanatda · encanntada · encantaad · encantadda · encantdaa · encanttada

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "encantada" and "engañada" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞a] versus [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "encantada" or "engañada"?
"encantada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,448 in our Spanish list, against #29,628 for "engañada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "encantada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "engañada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,661 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encantada" and "engañada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encarnada vs engañada". 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 #144,661 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