Which to use
“encargados” and “encerrados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,110
- “encargados” frequency rank
- #14,835
- “encerrados” frequency rank
- 22945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encargados | encerrados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de encargado, participio de encargar o de encargarse. | Forma del plural de encerrado, participio de encerrar. |
Where the eye mixes encargados and encerrados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. encargados and encerrados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: encargados vs encerrados
A purely visual mix-up. encargados ([ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞os]) and encerrados ([ẽnseˈrað̞os]) 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 22945, 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]. encerrados is at rank #14,835, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽnseˈrað̞os].
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 22945, this pair ranks #248,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of encargados vs encerrados
Shared letters: acdenors. Private to "encargados": g. Private to "encerrados": -.
"encargados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "encerrados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encargados ← ecnargados · enacrgados · encagrados · encaragdos · encargaddos · encargadoss · encargadso · encargaods
- encerrados ← ecnerrados · enccerrados · encerados · encerardos · encerraddos · encerradoss · encerradso · encerraods
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "encargados" and "encerrados" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "encargados" or "encerrados" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "encargados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "encerrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encargados" and "encerrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encerradas vs encerrados". 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 #248,042 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.