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

#3,318
“enfoque” frequency rank
#13,034
“enfoques” frequency rank
16352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enfoque enfoques
Definition Acción o efecto de enfocar o enfocarse. Forma del plural de enfoque.

Where the eye mixes enfoque and enfoques

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

7 ch
enfoque
8 ch
enfoques

Why the eye confuses enfoque with enfoques

A purely visual mix-up. enfoque ([ẽɱˈfoke]) and enfoques ([ẽɱˈfokes]) 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) - “enfoque” sits inside “enfoques”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enfoque is recorded at frequency rank #3,318, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽɱˈfoke]. enfoques is at rank #13,034, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ẽɱˈfokes].

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 16352, this pair ranks #276,517 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of enfoque vs enfoques

Shared letters: efnoqu. Private to "enfoque": -. Private to "enfoques": s.

"enfoque" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "enfoques" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enfoque ← efnoque · enffoque · enfoqeu · enfoqque · enfouqe · enfqoue · ennfoque · enofque
  • enfoques ← efnoques · enffoques · enfoqeus · enfoqques · enfoquess · enfoquse · enfouqes · enfqoues

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enfoque" and "enfoques" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽɱˈfoke] versus [ẽɱˈfokes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enfoque" or "enfoques"?
"enfoque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,318 in our Spanish list, against #13,034 for "enfoques". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "enfoque" and "enfoques" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enfoque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enfoques" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #276,517 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enfoque" and "enfoques" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfoque vs Enrique". 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 #276,517 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