Which to use
“engaña” is a verb and “enseña” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,587
- “engaña” frequency rank
- #4,510
- “enseña” frequency rank
- 19097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engaña | enseña |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de engañar. | Emblema, señal, imagen, medalla o bandera que identifica a una institución, grupo, marca, rango, etcétera, y sirve como distintivo. |
Where the eye mixes engaña and enseña
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. engaña and enseña follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: engaña vs enseña
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: engaña is [ẽŋˈgaɲa] while enseña is [ẽnˈseɲa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19097, 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]. enseña is at rank #4,510, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ẽnˈseɲa].
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 19097, this pair ranks #265,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of engaña vs enseña
Shared letters: aenñ. Private to "engaña": g. Private to "enseña": s.
"engaña" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "enseña" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "engaña" for "enseña" ever safe?
Frequency check: "engaña" vs "enseña" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "engaña" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enseña" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #265,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engaña" and "enseña" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enanas vs engaña". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #265,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.