enfadarvsenlazarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,903
“enfadar” frequency rank
#21,659
“enlazar” frequency rank
67562
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enfadar enlazar
Definition Irritar; provocar enfado, enojo, apuro o rechazo relativamente agresivo. Unir o sujetar una cosa con lazos.

Where the eye mixes enfadar and enlazar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enfadar and enlazar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
enfadar
7 ch
enlazar

Look-alike desk: enfadar vs enlazar

A purely visual mix-up. enfadar ([ẽɱfaˈð̞aɾ]) and enlazar ([ẽnlaˈsaɾ]) 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 67562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enfadar is recorded at frequency rank #45,903, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽɱfaˈð̞aɾ]. enlazar is at rank #21,659, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsaɾ].

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 67562, this pair ranks #36,790 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enfadar vs enlazar

Shared letters: aenr. Private to "enfadar": df. Private to "enlazar": lz.

"enfadar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "enlazar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enfadarefnadar · enafdar · enfaadr · enfadarr · enfaddar · enfadra · enfdaar · enffadar
  • enlazarelnazar · enalzar · enlaazr · enlazarr · enlazra · enlazzar · enllazar · enlzaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enfadar" and "enlazar" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽɱfaˈð̞aɾ] versus [ẽnlaˈsaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enfadar" or "enlazar"?
"enlazar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,659 in our Spanish list, against #45,903 for "enfadar". 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 "enfadar" and "enlazar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enfadar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enlazar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,790 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enfadar" and "enlazar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfadar vs enfadarse". 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 #36,790 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