enjuiciadovsenunciadoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: enjuiciado is a verb, enunciado is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“enjuiciado” is a verb and “enunciado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,524
“enjuiciado” frequency rank
#23,047
“enunciado” frequency rank
69571
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enjuiciado enunciado
Definition Participio de enjuiciar. Acción o efecto de enunciar (expresar o articular una idea –o, en ciencias, un problema– por medio del lenguaje).

Where the eye mixes enjuiciado and enunciado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enjuiciado runs 10 letters (VCCVVCVVCV) against enunciado's 9 (VCVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
enjuiciado
9 ch
enunciado

Visual trap between enjuiciado and enunciado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enjuiciado is [ẽŋxwiˈsjað̞o] while enunciado is [enũnˈsjað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enjuiciado is recorded at frequency rank #46,524, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽŋxwiˈsjað̞o]. enunciado is at rank #23,047, tagged as anoun, pronounced [enũnˈsjað̞o].

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 69571, this pair ranks #31,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enjuiciado vs enunciado

Shared letters: acdeinou. Private to "enjuiciado": j. Private to "enunciado": -.

"enjuiciado" · 10 letters · shape VCCVVCVVCV  ·  "enunciado" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enjuiciadoejnuiciado · enjiuciado · enjjuiciado · enjuciiado · enjuicaido · enjuicciado · enjuiciaddo · enjuiciaod
  • enunciadoennuciado · ennunciado · enucniado · enuncaido · enuncciado · enunciaddo · enunciaod · enuncidao

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enjuiciado" and "enunciado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enjuiciado" is a verb and "enunciado" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "enjuiciado" vs "enunciado" - which ranks higher?
"enunciado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,047 in our Spanish list, against #46,524 for "enjuiciado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enjuiciado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enunciado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,695 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enjuiciado" and "enunciado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enjuiciado vs enjuiciar". 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 #31,695 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