enseñarévsenseñéWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#40,806
“enseñaré” frequency rank
#38,676
“enseñé” frequency rank
79482
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enseñaré enseñé
Definition Primera persona del singular (yo) del futuro de indicativo de enseñar o de enseñarse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enseñar o de enseñarse.

Where the eye mixes enseñaré and enseñé

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enseñaré runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against enseñé's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
enseñaré
6 ch
enseñé

Visual trap between enseñaré and enseñé

A purely visual mix-up. enseñaré ([ẽnseɲaˈɾe]) and enseñé ([ẽnseˈɲe]) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79482, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enseñaré is recorded at frequency rank #40,806, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽnseɲaˈɾe]. 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 79482, this pair ranks #12,946 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enseñaré vs enseñé

Shared letters: enséñ. Private to "enseñaré": ar. Private to "enseñé": -.

"enseñaré" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "enseñé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enseñaré" for "enseñé" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ẽnseɲaˈɾe] versus [ẽnseˈɲe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "enseñaré" or "enseñé"?
"enseñé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,676 in our Spanish list, against #40,806 for "enseñaré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enseñaré" 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 #12,946 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enseñaré" and "enseñé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enseñé vs enseres". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #12,946 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