Which to use
“enloquece” and “enloquecer” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,065
- “enloquece” frequency rank
- #32,190
- “enloquecer” frequency rank
- 69255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enloquece | enloquecer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enloquecer o de enloquecerse. | Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura. |
Where the eye mixes enloquece and enloquecer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. enloquece runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCV) against enloquecer's 10 (VCCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enloquece vs enloquecer
A purely visual mix-up. enloquece ([ẽnloˈkese]) and enloquecer ([ẽnlokeˈseɾ]) 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 extra letter(s) - “enloquece” sits inside “enloquecer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enloquece is recorded at frequency rank #37,065, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽnloˈkese]. enloquecer is at rank #32,190, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnlokeˈseɾ].
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 69255, this pair ranks #32,404 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enloquece vs enloquecer
Shared letters: celnoqu. Private to "enloquece": -. Private to "enloquecer": r.
"enloquece" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV · "enloquecer" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enloquece ← elnoquece · enlloquece · enloqeuce · enloqquece · enloqucee · enloquecce · enloqueec · enloquese
- enloquecer ← elnoquecer · enlloquecer · enloqeucer · enloqquecer · enloquceer · enloqueccer · enloquecerr · enloquecre
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enloquece" and "enloquecer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enloquece" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enloquecer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,404 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enloquece" and "enloquecer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enloquece vs enriquece". 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 #32,404 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.