Which to use
“enseña” is a noun and “enseñé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,510
- “enseña” frequency rank
- #38,676
- “enseñé” frequency rank
- 43186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enseña | enseñé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Emblema, señal, imagen, medalla o bandera que identifica a una institución, grupo, marca, rango, etcétera, y sirve como distintivo. | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enseñar o de enseñarse. |
Where the eye mixes enseña and enseñé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enseña and enseñé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: enseña vs enseñé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enseña is [ẽnˈseɲa] while enseñé is [ẽnseˈɲe]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “enseña” becomes é in “enseñé”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43186, 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]. enseñé is at rank #38,676, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽnseˈɲe].
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 43186, this pair ranks #144,079 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enseña vs enseñé
Shared letters: ensñ. Private to "enseña": a. Private to "enseñé": é.
"enseña" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "enseñé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enseña" and "enseñé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enseña" or "enseñé" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "enseña" and "enseñé" 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 "enseñé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,079 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enseña" and "enseñé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enseñaré vs enseñé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #144,079 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.