Which to use
“encargadas” and “encerradas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,391
- “encargadas” frequency rank
- #39,200
- “encerradas” frequency rank
- 58591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encargadas | encerradas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino plural de encargado, participio de encargar o de encargarse. | Forma del femenino plural de encerrado, participio de encerrar. |
Where the eye mixes encargadas and encerradas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. encargadas and encerradas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses encargadas with encerradas
A purely visual mix-up. encargadas ([ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞as]) and encerradas ([ẽnseˈrað̞as]) 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 58591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encargadas is recorded at frequency rank #19,391, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞as]. encerradas is at rank #39,200, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽnseˈrað̞as].
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 58591, this pair ranks #65,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encargadas vs encerradas
Shared letters: acdenrs. Private to "encargadas": g. Private to "encerradas": -.
"encargadas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "encerradas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encargadas ← ecnargadas · enacrgadas · encagradas · encaragdas · encargaads · encargadass · encargaddas · encargadsa
- encerradas ← ecnerradas · enccerradas · enceradas · encerardas · encerraads · encerradass · encerraddas · encerradsa
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "encargadas" for "encerradas" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "encargadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encerradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encargadas" and "encerradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encerradas vs enterradas". 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 #65,897 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.