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

#30,059
“enlazado” frequency rank
#47,103
“enlazando” frequency rank
77162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enlazado enlazando
Definition Participio de enlazar. Gerundio de enlazar.

Where the eye mixes enlazado and enlazando

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

8 ch
enlazado
9 ch
enlazando

Look-alike desk: enlazado vs enlazando

A purely visual mix-up. enlazado ([ẽnlaˈsað̞o]) and enlazando ([ẽnlaˈsãn̪d̪o]) 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 77162, 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]. enlazando is at rank #47,103, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsãn̪d̪o].

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 77162, this pair ranks #16,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enlazado vs enlazando

Shared letters: adelnoz. Private to "enlazado": -. Private to "enlazando": -.

"enlazado" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "enlazando" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enlazadoelnazado · enalzado · enlaazdo · enlazaddo · enlazaod · enlazdao · enlazzado · enllazado
  • enlazandoelnazando · enalzando · enlaazndo · enlazadno · enlazanddo · enlazanndo · enlazanod · enlaznado

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enlazado" for "enlazando" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽnlaˈsað̞o] versus [ẽnlaˈsãn̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enlazado" or "enlazando"?
"enlazado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,059 in our Spanish list, against #47,103 for "enlazando". 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 "enlazado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enlazando" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,472 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enlazado" and "enlazando" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enlazados 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 #16,472 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