encendidosvsentendidasTell them apart

Which to use

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

#33,107
“encendidos” frequency rank
#48,982
“entendidas” frequency rank
82089
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature encendidos entendidas
Definition Forma del plural de encendido, participio de encender. Forma del femenino plural de entendido, participio de entender.

Where the eye mixes encendidos and entendidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
encendidos
10 ch
entendidas

Look-alike desk: encendidos vs entendidas

A purely visual mix-up. encendidos ([ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]) and entendidas ([ẽn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]) 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 82089, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

encendidos is recorded at frequency rank #33,107, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os]. entendidas is at rank #48,982, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as].

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 82089, this pair ranks #9,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of encendidos vs entendidas

Shared letters: deins. Private to "encendidos": co. Private to "entendidas": at.

"encendidos" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC  ·  "entendidas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • encendidosecnendidos · enccendidos · encednidos · encenddidos · encenddios · encendiddos · encendidoss · encendidso
  • entendidasenetndidas · enntendidas · entednidas · entenddias · entenddidas · entendiads · entendidass · entendiddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "encendidos" and "entendidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞os] versus [ẽn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "encendidos" vs "entendidas" - which ranks higher?
"encendidos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,107 in our Spanish list, against #48,982 for "entendidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "encendidos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entendidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,616 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "encendidos" and "entendidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entendidas vs entendimos". 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 #9,616 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