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

#17,687
“enoja” frequency rank
#14,132
“enojar” frequency rank
31819
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enoja enojar
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enojar. Poner de mal humor, causar enojo.

Where the eye mixes enoja and enojar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enoja runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against enojar's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
enoja
6 ch
enojar

Why the eye confuses enoja with enojar

A purely visual mix-up. enoja ([eˈnoxa]) and enojar ([enoˈxaɾ]) 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) - “enoja” sits inside “enojar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31819, 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]. enojar is at rank #14,132, tagged as averb, pronounced [enoˈxaɾ].

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 31819, this pair ranks #205,166 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enoja vs enojar

Shared letters: aejno. Private to "enoja": -. Private to "enojar": r.

"enoja" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "enojar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enojaenjoa · ennoja · enoaj · enojja · eonja · neoja
  • enojarenjoar · ennojar · enoajr · enojarr · enojjar · enojra · eonjar · neojar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enoja" and "enojar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈnoxa] versus [enoˈxaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enoja" vs "enojar" - which ranks higher?
"enojar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,132 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 "enojar" 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 "enojar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #205,166 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enoja" and "enojar" 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 #205,166 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