Which to use
“enfocada” and “enfocadas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,125
- “enfocada” frequency rank
- #32,187
- “enfocadas” frequency rank
- 49312
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enfocada | enfocadas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de enfocado, participio de enfocar o de enfocarse. | Forma del femenino plural de enfocado, participio de enfocar o de enfocarse. |
Where the eye mixes enfocada and enfocadas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enfocada runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against enfocadas's 9 (VCCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between enfocada and enfocadas
A purely visual mix-up. enfocada ([ẽɱfoˈkað̞a]) and enfocadas ([ẽɱfoˈkað̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “enfocada” sits inside “enfocadas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enfocada is recorded at frequency rank #17,125, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽɱfoˈkað̞a]. enfocadas is at rank #32,187, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽɱfoˈkað̞as].
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 49312, this pair ranks #109,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enfocada vs enfocadas
Shared letters: acdefno. Private to "enfocada": -. Private to "enfocadas": s.
"enfocada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "enfocadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enfocada" and "enfocadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enfocada" or "enfocadas" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "enfocada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enfocadas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #109,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enfocada" and "enfocadas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfocada vs estocada". 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 #109,559 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.