Which to use
“encargados” is a participle and “encargaron” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,110
- “encargados” frequency rank
- #23,042
- “encargaron” frequency rank
- 31152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encargados | encargaron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de encargado, participio de encargar o de encargarse. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encargar o de encargarse. |
Where the eye mixes encargados and encargaron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. encargados and encargaron follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between encargados and encargaron
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: encargados is [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞os] while encargaron is [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aɾõn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encargados is recorded at frequency rank #8,110, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞os]. encargaron is at rank #23,042, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞aɾõn].
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 31152, this pair ranks #208,517 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of encargados vs encargaron
Shared letters: acegnor. Private to "encargados": ds. Private to "encargaron": -.
"encargados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "encargaron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encargados ← ecnargados · enacrgados · encagrados · encaragdos · encargaddos · encargadoss · encargadso · encargaods
- encargaron ← ecnargaron · enacrgaron · encagraron · encaragron · encargaorn · encargarno · encargaronn · encargarron
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "encargados" and "encargaron" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "encargados" or "encargaron"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "encargados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encargaron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,517 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encargados" and "encargaron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encargaban vs encargaron". 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 #208,517 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.