enojovsenojosConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,515
“enojo” frequency rank
#47,772
“enojos” frequency rank
56287
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enojo enojos
Definition Conmoción del ánimo, que causa ira o enfado. Forma del plural de enojo.

Where the eye mixes enojo and enojos

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

5 ch
enojo
6 ch
enojos

Why the eye confuses enojo with enojos

A purely visual mix-up. enojo ([eˈnoxo]) and enojos ([eˈnoxos]) 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) - “enojo” sits inside “enojos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enojo is recorded at frequency rank #8,515, classified as anoun, pronounced [eˈnoxo]. enojos is at rank #47,772, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eˈnoxos].

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 56287, this pair ranks #75,246 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enojo vs enojos

Shared letters: ejno. Private to "enojo": -. Private to "enojos": s.

"enojo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "enojos" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enojoenjoo · ennojo · enojjo · enooj · eonjo · neojo
  • enojosenjoos · ennojos · enojjos · enojoss · enojso · enoojs · eonjos · neojos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enojo" for "enojos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eˈnoxo] versus [eˈnoxos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enojo" or "enojos"?
"enojo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,515 in our Spanish list, against #47,772 for "enojos". 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 "enojo" and "enojos" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enojo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enojos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,246 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enojo" and "enojos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enjoy 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 #75,246 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