enfermanvsenteranWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#36,555
“enferman” frequency rank
#20,019
“enteran” frequency rank
56574
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enferman enteran
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enfermar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enterar o de enterarse.

Where the eye mixes enferman and enteran

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
enferman
7 ch
enteran

Visual trap between enferman and enteran

A purely visual mix-up. enferman ([ẽɱˈfeɾmãn]) and enteran ([ẽn̪ˈt̪eɾãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enferman is recorded at frequency rank #36,555, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽɱˈfeɾmãn]. enteran is at rank #20,019, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪eɾãn].

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 56574, this pair ranks #74,051 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enferman vs enteran

Shared letters: aenr. Private to "enferman": fm. Private to "enteran": t.

"enferman" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "enteran" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enfermanefnerman · enefrman · enfemran · enferamn · enfermann · enfermman · enfermna · enferrman
  • enteranenetran · ennteran · entearn · enterann · enterran · entteran · etneran · neteran

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enferman" for "enteran" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽɱˈfeɾmãn] versus [ẽn̪ˈt̪eɾãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enferman" or "enteran"?
"enteran" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,019 in our Spanish list, against #36,555 for "enferman". 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 "enferman" and "enteran" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enferman" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enteran" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,051 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enferman" and "enteran" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enteraba vs enteran". 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 #74,051 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