Which to use
“encantos” and “engaños” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,975
- “encantos” frequency rank
- #17,126
- “engaños” frequency rank
- 38101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encantos | engaños |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de encanto. | Forma del plural de engaño. |
Where the eye mixes encantos and engaños
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. encantos runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against engaños's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between encantos and engaños
A purely visual mix-up. encantos ([ẽŋˈkãn̪t̪os]) and engaños ([ẽŋˈgaɲos]) 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 38101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encantos is recorded at frequency rank #20,975, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽŋˈkãn̪t̪os]. engaños is at rank #17,126, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ẽŋˈgaɲos].
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 38101, this pair ranks #171,812 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encantos vs engaños
Shared letters: aenos. Private to "encantos": ct. Private to "engaños": gñ.
"encantos" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "engaños" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encantos ← ecnantos · enacntos · encanntos · encanots · encantoss · encantso · encanttos · encatnos
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "encantos" for "engaños" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "encantos" or "engaños" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "encantos" and "engaños" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encantos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engaños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,812 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encantos" and "engaños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engañemos vs engaños". 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 #171,812 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.