enlazadasvsenlazadoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: enlazadas is a participle, enlazado is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“enlazadas” is a participle and “enlazado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,978
“enlazadas” frequency rank
#30,059
“enlazado” frequency rank
79037
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enlazadas enlazado
Definition Forma del femenino plural de enlazado, participio de enlazar. Participio de enlazar.

Where the eye mixes enlazadas and enlazado

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enlazadas runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against enlazado's 8 (VCCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
enlazadas
8 ch
enlazado

Why the eye confuses enlazadas with enlazado

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enlazadas is [ẽnlaˈsað̞as] while enlazado is [ẽnlaˈsað̞o]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enlazadas is recorded at frequency rank #48,978, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsað̞as]. enlazado is at rank #30,059, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsað̞o].

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 79037, this pair ranks #13,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enlazadas vs enlazado

Shared letters: adelnz. Private to "enlazadas": s. Private to "enlazado": o.

"enlazadas" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "enlazado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enlazadaselnazadas · enalzadas · enlaazdas · enlazaads · enlazadass · enlazaddas · enlazadsa · enlazdaas
  • enlazadoelnazado · enalzado · enlaazdo · enlazaddo · enlazaod · enlazdao · enlazzado · enllazado

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enlazadas" and "enlazado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enlazadas" is a participle and "enlazado" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "enlazadas" or "enlazado"?
"enlazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,059 in our Spanish list, against #48,978 for "enlazadas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enlazadas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enlazado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #13,570 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enlazadas" and "enlazado" 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 #13,570 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