enlazadovsenlazanConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#30,059
“enlazado” frequency rank
#37,064
“enlazan” frequency rank
67123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enlazado enlazan
Definition Participio de enlazar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enlazar.

Where the eye mixes enlazado and enlazan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enlazado runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against enlazan's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
enlazado
7 ch
enlazan

Look-alike desk: enlazado vs enlazan

A purely visual mix-up. enlazado ([ẽnlaˈsað̞o]) and enlazan ([ẽnˈlasãn]) 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 67123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enlazado is recorded at frequency rank #30,059, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsað̞o]. enlazan is at rank #37,064, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnˈlasãn].

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 67123, this pair ranks #37,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enlazado vs enlazan

Shared letters: aelnz. Private to "enlazado": do. Private to "enlazan": -.

"enlazado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "enlazan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enlazadoelnazado · enalzado · enlaazdo · enlazaddo · enlazaod · enlazdao · enlazzado · enllazado
  • enlazanelnazan · enalzan · enlaazn · enlazann · enlazna · enlazzan · enllazan · enlzaan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enlazado" and "enlazan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ẽnlaˈsað̞o] versus [ẽnˈlasãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enlazado" vs "enlazan" - which ranks higher?
"enlazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,059 in our Spanish list, against #37,064 for "enlazan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "enlazado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enlazan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,969 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enlazado" and "enlazan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enlazan vs enlazando". 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 #37,969 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