enormevsenormesConfusable pair

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

#1,375
“enorme” frequency rank
#4,509
“enormes” frequency rank
5884
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enorme enormes
Definition Grande en exceso. Forma del plural de enorme.

Where the eye mixes enorme and enormes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enorme runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against enormes's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
enorme
7 ch
enormes

Look-alike desk: enorme vs enormes

A purely visual mix-up. enorme ([eˈnoɾme]) and enormes ([eˈnoɾmes]) 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) - “enorme” sits inside “enormes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enorme is recorded at frequency rank #1,375, classified as anadj, pronounced [eˈnoɾme]. enormes is at rank #4,509, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eˈnoɾmes].

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 5884, this pair ranks #312,396 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of enorme vs enormes

Shared letters: emnor. Private to "enorme": -. Private to "enormes": s.

"enorme" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "enormes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enorme ← ennorme · enomre · enorem · enormme · enorrme · enrome · eonrme · neorme
  • enormes ← ennormes · enomres · enorems · enormess · enormmes · enormse · enorrmes · enromes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enorme" and "enormes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eˈnoɾme] versus [eˈnoɾmes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enorme" vs "enormes" - which ranks higher?
"enorme" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,375 in our Spanish list, against #4,509 for "enormes". 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 "enorme" and "enormes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enorme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enormes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #312,396 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enorme" and "enormes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfríe vs enorme". 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 #312,396 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