Which to use
“engaña” is a verb and “engañada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,587
- “engaña” frequency rank
- #29,628
- “engañada” frequency rank
- 44215
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engaña | engañada |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de engañar. | Forma del femenino de engañado, participio de engañar. |
Where the eye mixes engaña and engañada
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. engaña runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against engañada's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: engaña vs engañada
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: engaña is [ẽŋˈgaɲa] while engañada is [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “engaña” sits inside “engañada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44215, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
engaña is recorded at frequency rank #14,587, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈgaɲa]. engañada is at rank #29,628, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞a].
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 44215, this pair ranks #138,306 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of engaña vs engañada
Shared letters: aegnñ. Private to "engaña": -. Private to "engañada": d.
"engaña" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "engañada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "engaña" and "engañada" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "engaña" or "engañada" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "engaña" and "engañada" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "engaña" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engañada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,306 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engaña" and "engañada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encarnada vs engañada". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #138,306 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.