enteravsenterabaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: entera is a adjective, enteraba is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“entera” is an adjective and “enteraba” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,930
“entera” frequency rank
#48,984
“enteraba” frequency rank
51914
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entera enteraba
Definition Forma del femenino singular de entero. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de enterar o de enterarse.

Where the eye mixes entera and enteraba

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
entera
8 ch
enteraba

Visual trap between entera and enteraba

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entera is [ẽn̪ˈt̪eɾa] while enteraba is [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾaβ̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “entera” sits inside “enteraba”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51914, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entera is recorded at frequency rank #2,930, classified as anadj, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪eɾa]. enteraba is at rank #48,984, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾaβ̞a].

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 51914, this pair ranks #95,382 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entera vs enteraba

Shared letters: aenrt. Private to "entera": -. Private to "enteraba": b.

"entera" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "enteraba" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enteraenetra · enntera · entear · enterra · entrea · enttera · etnera · netera
  • enterabaenetraba · ennteraba · entearba · enteraab · enterabba · enterava · enterbaa · enterraba

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "entera" and "enteraba" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entera" is an adjective and "enteraba" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "entera" or "enteraba" show up more?
"entera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,930 in our Spanish list, against #48,984 for "enteraba". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "entera" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enteraba" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,382 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entera" and "enteraba" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enteraba vs entrenaba". 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 #95,382 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