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Which to use

“engañe” and “engañes” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,108
“engañe” frequency rank
#39,728
“engañes” frequency rank
72836
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature engañe engañes
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de engañar. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de engañar.

Where the eye mixes engañe and engañes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. engañe runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against engañes's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
engañe
7 ch
engañes

Why the eye confuses engañe with engañes

A purely visual mix-up. engañe ([ẽŋˈgaɲe]) and engañes ([ẽŋˈgaɲes]) 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 extra letter(s) - “engañe” sits inside “engañes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

engañe is recorded at frequency rank #33,108, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈgaɲe]. engañes is at rank #39,728, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽŋˈgaɲes].

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 72836, this pair ranks #24,551 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of engañe vs engañes

Shared letters: aegnñ. Private to "engañe": -. Private to "engañes": s.

"engañe" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "engañes" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "engañe" and "engañes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ẽŋˈgaɲe] versus [ẽŋˈgaɲes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "engañe" or "engañes"?
"engañe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,108 in our Spanish list, against #39,728 for "engañes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "engañe" and "engañes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "engañe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "engañes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,551 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "engañe" and "engañes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "engañemos vs engañes". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #24,551 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list