enfadadosvsenfocadosWhat's the difference?

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.

9 ch
enfadados
9 ch
enfocados

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

  • enfadadosefnadados · enafdados · enfaaddos · enfadaddos · enfadadoss · enfadadso · enfadaods · enfaddados
  • enfocadosefnocados · enfcoados · enffocados · enfoacdos · enfocaddos · enfocadoss · enfocadso · enfocaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enfadados" and "enfocados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽɱfaˈð̞að̞os] versus [ẽɱfoˈkað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enfadados" vs "enfocados" - which ranks higher?
"enfocados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,139 in our Spanish list, against #37,063 for "enfadados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list