encarganvsencarnaTell them apart

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

#14,833
“encargan” frequency rank
#21,655
“encarna” frequency rank
36488
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encargan encarna
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encargar o de encargarse. Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encarnar.

Where the eye mixes encargan and encarna

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

8 ch
encargan
7 ch
encarna

Look-alike desk: encargan vs encarna

A purely visual mix-up. encargan ([ẽŋˈkaɾɣ̞ãn]) and encarna ([ẽŋˈkaɾna]) 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 36488, 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]. encarna is at rank #21,655, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈkaɾna].

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 36488, this pair ranks #180,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of encargan vs encarna

Shared letters: acenr. Private to "encargan": g. Private to "encarna": -.

"encargan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "encarna" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encarganecnargan · enacrgan · encagran · encaragn · encargann · encarggan · encargna · encarrgan
  • encarnaecnarna · enacrna · encanra · encaran · encarnna · encarrna · enccarna · encrana

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "encargan" and "encarna" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋˈkaɾɣ̞ãn] versus [ẽŋˈkaɾna]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "encargan" or "encarna"?
"encargan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,833 in our Spanish list, against #21,655 for "encarna". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "encargan" and "encarna" 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 "encarna" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #180,356 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encargan" and "encarna" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encarna vs encarnada". 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 #180,356 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