Which to use
“engañan” and “engañe” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,685
- “engañan” frequency rank
- #33,108
- “engañe” frequency rank
- 50793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | engañan | engañe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de engañar. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de engañar. |
Where the eye mixes engañan and engañe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. engañan runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against engañe's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: engañan vs engañe
A purely visual mix-up. engañan ([ẽŋˈgaɲãn]) and engañe ([ẽŋˈgaɲe]) 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 50793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
engañan is recorded at frequency rank #17,685, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈgaɲãn]. engañe is at rank #33,108, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈgaɲe].
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 50793, this pair ranks #101,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of engañan vs engañe
Shared letters: aegnñ. Private to "engañan": -. Private to "engañe": -.
"engañan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "engañe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "engañan" for "engañe" ever safe?
Frequency check: "engañan" vs "engañe" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "engañan" and "engañe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "engañan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "engañe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "engañan" and "engañe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engañe vs engañes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #101,320 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.