Which to use
“enfadados” and “enfocados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,063
- “enfadados” frequency rank
- #24,139
- “enfocados” frequency rank
- 61202
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfadados | enfocados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de enfadado, participio de enfadar. | Forma del plural de enfocado, participio de enfocar o de enfocarse. |
Where the eye mixes enfadados and enfocados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enfadados and enfocados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between enfadados and enfocados
A purely visual mix-up. enfadados ([ẽɱfaˈð̞að̞os]) and enfocados ([ẽɱfoˈkað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61202, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfadados is recorded at frequency rank #37,063, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽɱfaˈð̞að̞os]. enfocados is at rank #24,139, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽɱfoˈkað̞os].
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 61202, this pair ranks #56,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfadados vs enfocados
Shared letters: adefnos. Private to "enfadados": -. Private to "enfocados": c.
"enfadados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "enfocados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enfadados" and "enfocados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enfadados" vs "enfocados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "enfadados" and "enfocados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfadados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfocados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfadados" and "enfocados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfadados vs enlazados". 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 #56,288 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.