Which to use
“encerraron” and “enterraron” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,673
- “encerraron” frequency rank
- #36,020
- “enterraron” frequency rank
- 74693
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | encerraron | enterraron |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encerrar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enterrar. |
Where the eye mixes encerraron and enterraron
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between encerraron and enterraron
A purely visual mix-up. encerraron ([ẽnseˈraɾõn]) and enterraron ([ẽn̪t̪eˈraɾõn]) 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 a single letter - c in “encerraron” becomes t in “enterraron”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74693, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
encerraron is recorded at frequency rank #38,673, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽnseˈraɾõn]. enterraron is at rank #36,020, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈraɾõn].
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 74693, this pair ranks #20,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of encerraron vs enterraron
Shared letters: aenor. Private to "encerraron": c. Private to "enterraron": t.
"encerraron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "enterraron" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- encerraron ← ecnerraron · enccerraron · enceraron · encerarron · encerraorn · encerrarno · encerraronn · encerrarron
- enterraron ← enetrraron · ennterraron · enterraorn · enterrarno · enterraronn · enterrarron · enterrraon · entreraron
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "encerraron" and "enterraron" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "encerraron" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enterraron" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "encerraron" and "enterraron" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encargaron vs encerraron". 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 #20,860 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.