Which to use
“enfadados” and “engañados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,063
- “enfadados” frequency rank
- #20,976
- “engañados” frequency rank
- 58039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfadados | engañados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de enfadado, participio de enfadar. | Forma del plural de engañado, participio de engañar. |
Where the eye mixes enfadados and engañados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enfadados and engañados 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 engañados
A purely visual mix-up. enfadados ([ẽɱfaˈð̞að̞os]) and engañados ([ẽŋgaˈɲað̞os]) 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 58039, 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]. engañados is at rank #20,976, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞os].
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 58039, this pair ranks #68,022 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enfadados vs engañados
Shared letters: adenos. Private to "enfadados": f. Private to "engañados": gñ.
"enfadados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "engañados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enfadados ← efnadados · enafdados · enfaaddos · enfadaddos · enfadadoss · enfadadso · enfadaods · enfaddados
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enfadados" for "engañados" ever safe?
Frequency check: "enfadados" vs "engañados" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfadados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engañados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,022 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfadados" and "engañados" 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 #68,022 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.