Which to use
“enlazan” and “enlazar” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,064
- “enlazan” frequency rank
- #21,659
- “enlazar” frequency rank
- 58723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enlazan | enlazar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enlazar. | Unir o sujetar una cosa con lazos. |
Where the eye mixes enlazan and enlazar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enlazan and enlazar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: enlazan vs enlazar
A purely visual mix-up. enlazan ([ẽnˈlasãn]) and enlazar ([ẽnlaˈsaɾ]) 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 a single letter - n in “enlazan” becomes r in “enlazar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enlazan is recorded at frequency rank #37,064, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽnˈlasãn]. enlazar is at rank #21,659, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnlaˈsaɾ].
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 58723, this pair ranks #65,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enlazan vs enlazar
Shared letters: aelnz. Private to "enlazan": -. Private to "enlazar": r.
"enlazan" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "enlazar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enlazan" and "enlazar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enlazan" vs "enlazar" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enlazan" and "enlazar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enlazan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enlazar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enlazan" and "enlazar" 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 #65,383 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.