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“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.

8 ch
enfocada
9 ch
enfocadas

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

  • enfocadaefnocada · enfcoada · enffocada · enfoacda · enfocaad · enfocadda · enfoccada · enfocdaa
  • enfocadasefnocadas · enfcoadas · enffocadas · enfoacdas · enfocaads · enfocadass · enfocaddas · enfocadsa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enfocada" and "enfocadas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽɱfoˈkað̞a] versus [ẽɱfoˈkað̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enfocada" or "enfocadas" show up more?
"enfocada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,125 in our Spanish list, against #32,187 for "enfocadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list