Which to use
“engañados” is a participle and “engaños” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,976
- “engañados” frequency rank
- #17,126
- “engaños” frequency rank
- 38102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engañados | engaños |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de engañado, participio de engañar. | Forma del plural de engaño. |
Where the eye mixes engañados and engaños
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. engañados runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against engaños's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: engañados vs engaños
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: engañados is [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞os] while engaños is [ẽŋˈgaɲos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
engañados is recorded at frequency rank #20,976, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽŋgaˈɲað̞os]. engaños is at rank #17,126, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ẽŋˈgaɲos].
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 38102, this pair ranks #171,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of engañados vs engaños
Shared letters: aegnosñ. Private to "engañados": d. Private to "engaños": -.
"engañados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "engaños" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "engañados" for "engaños" ever safe?
Frequency check: "engañados" vs "engaños" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "engañados" and "engaños" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "engañados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engaños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engañados" and "engaños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engañados vs enganchados". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #171,803 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.