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

#30,453
“enojan” frequency rank
#14,132
“enojar” frequency rank
44585
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enojan enojar
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de enojar o de enojarse. Poner de mal humor, causar enojo.

Where the eye mixes enojan and enojar

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

6 ch
enojan
6 ch
enojar

Look-alike desk: enojan vs enojar

A purely visual mix-up. enojan ([eˈnoxãn]) 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 a single letter - n in “enojan” becomes r in “enojar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enojan is recorded at frequency rank #30,453, classified as averb, pronounced [eˈnoxãn]. 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 44585, this pair ranks #136,230 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enojan vs enojar

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

"enojan" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "enojar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enojanenjoan · ennojan · enoajn · enojann · enojjan · enojna · eonjan · neojan
  • enojarenjoar · ennojar · enoajr · enojarr · enojjar · enojra · eonjar · neojar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enojan" and "enojar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈnoxãn] versus [enoˈxaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enojan" 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 #30,453 for "enojan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enojan" 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 #136,230 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enojan" and "enojar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enojan 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 #136,230 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