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

#15,843
“enemiga” frequency rank
#17,425
“enemigas” frequency rank
33268
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enemiga enemigas
Definition Forma del femenino de enemigo. Forma del femenino plural de enemigo.

Where the eye mixes enemiga and enemigas

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

7 ch
enemiga
8 ch
enemigas

Visual trap between enemiga and enemigas

A purely visual mix-up. enemiga ([eneˈmiɣ̞a]) and enemigas ([eneˈmiɣ̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “enemiga” sits inside “enemigas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33268, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enemiga is recorded at frequency rank #15,843, classified as anadj, pronounced [eneˈmiɣ̞a]. enemigas is at rank #17,425, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eneˈmiɣ̞as].

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 33268, this pair ranks #197,661 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enemiga vs enemigas

Shared letters: aegimn. Private to "enemiga": -. Private to "enemigas": s.

"enemiga" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV  ·  "enemigas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enemiga ← eenmiga · eneimga · enemgia · enemiag · enemigga · enemmiga · enmeiga · ennemiga
  • enemigas ← eenmigas · eneimgas · enemgias · enemiags · enemigass · enemiggas · enemigsa · enemmigas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enemiga" for "enemigas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eneˈmiɣ̞a] versus [eneˈmiɣ̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enemiga" vs "enemigas" - which ranks higher?
"enemiga" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,843 in our Spanish list, against #17,425 for "enemigas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enemiga" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enemigas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #197,661 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enemiga" and "enemigas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "endémicas vs enemigas". 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 #197,661 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