Which to use
“enlace” is a noun and “enlaza” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,341
- “enlace” frequency rank
- #21,319
- “enlaza” frequency rank
- 23660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enlace | enlaza |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Acción y efecto de enlazar o enlazarse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enlazar. |
Where the eye mixes enlace and enlaza
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. enlace and enlaza follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between enlace and enlaza
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enlace is [ẽnˈlase] while enlaza is [ẽnˈlasa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23660, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enlace is recorded at frequency rank #2,341, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽnˈlase]. enlaza is at rank #21,319, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnˈlasa].
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 23660, this pair ranks #244,758 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enlace vs enlaza
Shared letters: aeln. Private to "enlace": c. Private to "enlaza": z.
"enlace" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "enlaza" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "enlace" and "enlaza" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enlace" or "enlaza" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "enlace" and "enlaza" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enlace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enlaza" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #244,758 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enlace" and "enlaza" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emplaza vs enlaza". 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 #244,758 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.