enclavadovsenlazadoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,901
“enclavado” frequency rank
#30,059
“enlazado” frequency rank
75960
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enclavado enlazado
Definition Participio de enclavar. Participio de enlazar.

Where the eye mixes enclavado and enlazado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enclavado runs 9 letters (VCCCVCVCV) against enlazado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
enclavado
8 ch
enlazado

Visual trap between enclavado and enlazado

A purely visual mix-up. enclavado ([ẽŋklaˈβ̞að̞o]) and enlazado ([ẽnlaˈsað̞o]) 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 75960, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enclavado is recorded at frequency rank #45,901, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋklaˈβ̞að̞o]. enlazado is at rank #30,059, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsað̞o].

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 75960, this pair ranks #18,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enclavado vs enlazado

Shared letters: adelno. Private to "enclavado": cv. Private to "enlazado": z.

"enclavado" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCV  ·  "enlazado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enclavadoecnlavado · encalvado · encclavado · enclaavdo · enclabado · enclavaddo · enclavaod · enclavdao
  • enlazadoelnazado · enalzado · enlaazdo · enlazaddo · enlazaod · enlazdao · enlazzado · enllazado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enclavado" for "enlazado" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋklaˈβ̞að̞o] versus [ẽnlaˈsað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enclavado" vs "enlazado" - which ranks higher?
"enlazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,059 in our Spanish list, against #45,901 for "enclavado". 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 "enclavado" and "enlazado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enclavado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enlazado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,588 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enclavado" and "enlazado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enclavado vs excavado". 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 #18,588 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