Which to use
“engañados” and “enlazados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,976
- “engañados” frequency rank
- #40,805
- “enlazados” frequency rank
- 61781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engañados | enlazados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del plural de engañado, participio de engañar. | Forma del plural de enlazado, participio de enlazar. |
Where the eye mixes engañados and enlazados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. engañados and enlazados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: engañados vs enlazados
A purely visual mix-up. engañados ([ẽŋgaˈɲað̞os]) and enlazados ([ẽnlaˈsað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61781, 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]. enlazados is at rank #40,805, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsað̞os].
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 61781, this pair ranks #54,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of engañados vs enlazados
Shared letters: adenos. Private to "engañados": gñ. Private to "enlazados": lz.
"engañados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC · "enlazados" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enlazados ← elnazados · enalzados · enlaazdos · enlazaddos · enlazadoss · enlazadso · enlazaods · enlazdaos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "engañados" and "enlazados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "engañados" vs "enlazados" - 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 "engañados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enlazados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engañados" and "enlazados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enlazadas vs enlazados". 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 #54,263 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.