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Which to use

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

#4,510
“enseña” frequency rank
#25,623
“enseñas” frequency rank
30133
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enseña enseñas
Definition Emblema, señal, imagen, medalla o bandera que identifica a una institución, grupo, marca, rango, etcétera, y sirve como distintivo. Forma del plural de enseña.

Where the eye mixes enseña and enseñas

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

6 ch
enseña
7 ch
enseñas

Visual trap between enseña and enseñas

A purely visual mix-up. enseña ([ẽnˈseɲa]) and enseñas ([ẽnˈseɲas]) 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) - “enseña” sits inside “enseñas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enseña is recorded at frequency rank #4,510, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽnˈseɲa]. enseñas is at rank #25,623, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ẽnˈseɲas].

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 30133, this pair ranks #213,520 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enseña vs enseñas

Shared letters: aensñ. Private to "enseña": -. Private to "enseñas": -.

"enseña" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "enseñas" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enseña" for "enseñas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽnˈseɲa] versus [ẽnˈseɲas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enseña" or "enseñas"?
"enseña" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,510 in our Spanish list, against #25,623 for "enseñas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "enseña" and "enseñas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enseña" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enseñas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #213,520 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enseña" and "enseñas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enanas vs enseñas". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #213,520 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