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Which to use

“encargan” and “encargue” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,833
“encargan” frequency rank
#20,668
“encargue” frequency rank
35501
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encargan encargue
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encargar o de encargarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de encargar o de encargarse.

Where the eye mixes encargan and encargue

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
encargan
8 ch
encargue

Visual trap between encargan and encargue

A purely visual mix-up. encargan ([ẽŋˈkaɾɣ̞ãn]) and encargue ([ẽŋˈkaɾɣ̞e]) 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 35501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

encargan is recorded at frequency rank #14,833, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈkaɾɣ̞ãn]. encargue is at rank #20,668, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈkaɾɣ̞e].

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 35501, this pair ranks #185,753 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of encargan vs encargue

Shared letters: acegnr. Private to "encargan": -. Private to "encargue": u.

"encargan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "encargue" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encarganecnargan · enacrgan · encagran · encaragn · encargann · encarggan · encargna · encarrgan
  • encargueecnargue · enacrgue · encagrue · encargeu · encarggue · encarrgue · encaruge · enccargue

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "encargan" for "encargue" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋˈkaɾɣ̞ãn] versus [ẽŋˈkaɾɣ̞e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "encargan" or "encargue" show up more?
"encargan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,833 in our Spanish list, against #20,668 for "encargue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "encargan" and "encargue" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "encargan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "encargue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,753 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encargan" and "encargue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encarece vs encargue". 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 #185,753 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list