Which to use
“encantar” and “encantará” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,236
- “encantar” frequency rank
- #23,041
- “encantará” frequency rank
- 41277
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encantar | encantará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En los cuentos para niños y en algunos mitos, someter a una persona a poderes mágicos malignos. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de encantar. |
Where the eye mixes encantar and encantará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. encantar runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against encantará's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: encantar vs encantará
A purely visual mix-up. encantar ([ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]) 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 extra letter(s) - “encantar” sits inside “encantará”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41277, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encantar is recorded at frequency rank #18,236, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]. 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 41277, this pair ranks #154,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encantar vs encantará
Shared letters: acenrt. Private to "encantar": -. Private to "encantará": á.
"encantar" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "encantará" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- encantar ← ecnantar · enacntar · encanatr · encanntar · encantarr · encantra · encanttar · encatnar
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "encantar" 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 #154,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encantar" and "encantará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encantaban vs encantará". 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 #154,540 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.