enfadadosvsenlazadosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#37,063
“enfadados” frequency rank
#40,805
“enlazados” frequency rank
77868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enfadados enlazados
Definition Forma del plural de enfadado, participio de enfadar. Forma del plural de enlazado, participio de enlazar.

Where the eye mixes enfadados and enlazados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enfadados and enlazados 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
enlazados

Look-alike desk: enfadados vs enlazados

A purely visual mix-up. enfadados ([ẽɱfaˈð̞að̞os]) and enlazados ([ẽnlaˈsað̞os]) 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 77868, 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]. enlazados is at rank #40,805, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsað̞os].

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 77868, this pair ranks #15,296 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enfadados vs enlazados

Shared letters: adenos. Private to "enfadados": f. Private to "enlazados": lz.

"enfadados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "enlazados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enfadadosefnadados · enafdados · enfaaddos · enfadaddos · enfadadoss · enfadadso · enfadaods · enfaddados
  • enlazadoselnazados · enalzados · enlaazdos · enlazaddos · enlazadoss · enlazadso · enlazaods · enlazdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enfadados" for "enlazados" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽɱfaˈð̞að̞os] versus [ẽnlaˈsað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enfadados" or "enlazados"?
"enfadados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,063 in our Spanish list, against #40,805 for "enlazados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "enlazados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,296 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enfadados" and "enlazados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enlazadas 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 #15,296 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