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

#17,124
“encantados” frequency rank
#8,110
“encargados” frequency rank
25234
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encantados encargados
Definition Forma del plural de encantado, participio de encantar o de encantarse. Forma del plural de encargado, participio de encargar o de encargarse.

Where the eye mixes encantados and encargados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. encantados and encargados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
encantados
10 ch
encargados

Look-alike desk: encantados vs encargados

A purely visual mix-up. encantados ([ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞os]) and encargados ([ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

encantados is recorded at frequency rank #17,124, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞os]. encargados is at rank #8,110, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞os].

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 25234, this pair ranks #237,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of encantados vs encargados

Shared letters: acdenos. Private to "encantados": t. Private to "encargados": gr.

"encantados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "encargados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encantadosecnantados · enacntados · encanatdos · encanntados · encantaddos · encantadoss · encantadso · encantaods
  • encargadosecnargados · enacrgados · encagrados · encaragdos · encargaddos · encargadoss · encargadso · encargaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "encantados" and "encargados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪að̞os] versus [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "encantados" or "encargados"?
"encargados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,110 in our Spanish list, against #17,124 for "encantados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "encantados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "encargados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #237,374 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encantados" and "encargados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encantadoras vs encantados". 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 #237,374 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