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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enclavado" for "enlazado" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enclavado" vs "enlazado" - which ranks higher?
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.