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

#17,425
“enemigas” frequency rank
#2,446
“enemigos” frequency rank
19871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes enemigas and enemigos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enemigas and enemigos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
enemigas
8 ch
enemigos

Why the eye confuses enemigas with enemigos

A purely visual mix-up. enemigas ([eneˈmiɣ̞as]) and enemigos ([eneˈmiɣ̞os]) 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 - a in “enemigas” becomes o in “enemigos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enemigas is recorded at frequency rank #17,425, classified as anadj, pronounced [eneˈmiɣ̞as]. enemigos is at rank #2,446, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eneˈmiɣ̞os].

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 19871, this pair ranks #261,847 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of enemigas vs enemigos

Shared letters: egimns. Private to "enemigas": a. Private to "enemigos": o.

"enemigas" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC  ·  "enemigos" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enemigas ← eenmigas · eneimgas · enemgias · enemiags · enemigass · enemiggas · enemigsa · enemmigas
  • enemigos ← eenmigos · eneimgos · enemgios · enemiggos · enemigoss · enemigso · enemiogs · enemmigos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enemigas" and "enemigos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eneˈmiɣ̞as] versus [eneˈmiɣ̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enemigas" vs "enemigos" - which ranks higher?
"enemigos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,446 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "enemigas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enemigos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #261,847 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enemigas" and "enemigos" 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 #261,847 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