enojavsenojadaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#17,687
“enoja” frequency rank
#9,810
“enojada” frequency rank
27497
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enoja enojada
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enojar. Forma del femenino de enojado, participio de enojar o de enojarse.

Where the eye mixes enoja and enojada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
enoja
7 ch
enojada

Look-alike desk: enoja vs enojada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enoja is [eˈnoxa] while enojada is [enoˈxað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “enoja” sits inside “enojada”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enoja is recorded at frequency rank #17,687, classified as averb, pronounced [eˈnoxa]. enojada is at rank #9,810, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [enoˈxað̞a].

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 27497, this pair ranks #226,568 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enoja vs enojada

Shared letters: aejno. Private to "enoja": -. Private to "enojada": d.

"enoja" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "enojada" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enojaenjoa · ennoja · enoaj · enojja · eonja · neoja
  • enojadaenjoada · ennojada · enoajda · enojaad · enojadda · enojdaa · enojjada · eonjada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enoja" and "enojada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enoja" is a verb and "enojada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "enoja" vs "enojada" - which ranks higher?
"enojada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,810 in our Spanish list, against #17,687 for "enoja". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "enoja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enojada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #226,568 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enoja" and "enojada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enoja vs enojos". 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 #226,568 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