enfocadovsenojadoTell them apart

Quick tell: enfocado is a verb, enojado is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“enfocado” is a verb and “enojado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,374
“enfocado” frequency rank
#7,991
“enojado” frequency rank
20365
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enfocado enojado
Definition Participio de enfocar o de enfocarse. Valentón, iracundo.

Where the eye mixes enfocado and enojado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enfocado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against enojado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
enfocado
7 ch
enojado

Look-alike desk: enfocado vs enojado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enfocado is [ẽɱfoˈkað̞o] while enojado is [enoˈxað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20365, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enfocado is recorded at frequency rank #12,374, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽɱfoˈkað̞o]. enojado is at rank #7,991, tagged as anadj, pronounced [enoˈxað̞o].

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 20365, this pair ranks #259,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of enfocado vs enojado

Shared letters: adeno. Private to "enfocado": cf. Private to "enojado": j.

"enfocado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "enojado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enfocadoefnocado · enfcoado · enffocado · enfoacdo · enfocaddo · enfocaod · enfoccado · enfocdao
  • enojadoenjoado · ennojado · enoajdo · enojaddo · enojaod · enojdao · enojjado · eonjado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enfocado" for "enojado" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enfocado" is a verb and "enojado" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "enfocado" vs "enojado" - which ranks higher?
"enojado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,991 in our Spanish list, against #12,374 for "enfocado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enfocado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enojado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #259,657 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enfocado" and "enojado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfocado vs enfriado". 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 #259,657 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