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Which to use

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

#45,294
“enfriado” frequency rank
#4,997
“entrado” frequency rank
50291
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enfriado entrado
Definition Participio de enfriar o de enfriarse. Participio de entrar.

Where the eye mixes enfriado and entrado

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

8 ch
enfriado
7 ch
entrado

Visual trap between enfriado and entrado

A purely visual mix-up. enfriado ([ẽɱˈfɾjað̞o]) and entrado ([ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞o]) 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 50291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enfriado is recorded at frequency rank #45,294, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽɱˈfɾjað̞o]. entrado is at rank #4,997, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞o].

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 50291, this pair ranks #104,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enfriado vs entrado

Shared letters: adenor. Private to "enfriado": fi. Private to "entrado": t.

"enfriado" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV  ·  "entrado" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enfriado ← efnriado · enffriado · enfirado · enfraido · enfriaddo · enfriaod · enfridao · enfrriado
  • entrado ← enntrado · enrtado · entardo · entraddo · entraod · entrdao · entrrado · enttrado

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "enfriado" and "entrado" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽɱˈfɾjað̞o] versus [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enfriado" vs "entrado" - which ranks higher?
"entrado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,997 in our Spanish list, against #45,294 for "enfriado". 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 "enfriado" and "entrado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enfriado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entrado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,008 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enfriado" and "entrado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfría 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 #104,008 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