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

#47,773
“ensamblado” frequency rank
#46,525
“ensamblar” frequency rank
94298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ensamblado ensamblar
Definition Participio de ensamblar. Unir, acoplar dos o más piezas, especialmente de madera, haciendo encajar la parte saliente de una en la entrante de la otra.:

Where the eye mixes ensamblado and ensamblar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. ensamblado runs 10 letters (VCCVCCCVCV) against ensamblar's 9 (VCCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
ensamblado
9 ch
ensamblar

Look-alike desk: ensamblado vs ensamblar

A purely visual mix-up. ensamblado ([ẽnsãmˈblað̞o]) and ensamblar ([ẽnsãmˈblaɾ]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ensamblado is recorded at frequency rank #47,773, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽnsãmˈblað̞o]. ensamblar is at rank #46,525, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnsãmˈblaɾ].

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 94298, this pair ranks #858 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ensamblado vs ensamblar

Shared letters: abelmns. Private to "ensamblado": do. Private to "ensamblar": r.

"ensamblado" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCV  ·  "ensamblar" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ensamblado ← enasmblado · ennsamblado · ensabmlado · ensambaldo · ensambblado · ensambladdo · ensamblaod · ensambldao
  • ensamblar ← enasmblar · ennsamblar · ensabmlar · ensambalr · ensambblar · ensamblarr · ensambllar · ensamblra

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ensamblado" for "ensamblar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽnsãmˈblað̞o] versus [ẽnsãmˈblaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "ensamblado" vs "ensamblar" - which ranks higher?
"ensamblar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,525 in our Spanish list, against #47,773 for "ensamblado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "ensamblado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ensamblar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #858 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ensamblado" and "ensamblar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ensamblar vs entablar". 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 #858 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