Which to use
“enter” and “enterró” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,768
- “enter” frequency rank
- #38,087
- “enterró” frequency rank
- 69855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enter | enterró |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Entrar, entrar en, entrar a. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enterrar. |
Where the eye mixes enter and enterró
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enter runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against enterró's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between enter and enterró
A purely visual mix-up. enter (/ˈɛn.tə(ɹ)/) and enterró ([ẽn̪t̪eˈro]) 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 extra letter(s) - “enter” sits inside “enterró”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enter is recorded at frequency rank #31,768, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈɛn.tə(ɹ)/. enterró is at rank #38,087, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈro].
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 69855, this pair ranks #31,065 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of enter vs enterró
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "enter": -. Private to "enterró": ó.
"enter" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "enterró" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- enter ← enetr · ennter · enterr · entter · neter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "enter" for "enterró" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enter" or "enterró" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "enter" and "enterró" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enterró" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,065 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enter" and "enterró" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enter vs envés". 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 #31,065 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.