enteradavsentérateWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: enterada is a participle, entérate is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“enterada” is a participle and “entérate” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,587
“enterada” frequency rank
#37,068
“entérate” frequency rank
74655
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enterada entérate
Definition Forma del femenino de enterado, participio de enterar o de enterarse. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de enterarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico).

Where the eye mixes enterada and entérate

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
enterada
8 ch
entérate

Look-alike desk: enterada vs entérate

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enterada is [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾað̞a] while entérate is [ẽn̪ˈt̪eɾat̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enterada is recorded at frequency rank #37,587, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾað̞a]. entérate is at rank #37,068, tagged as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪eɾat̪e].

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 74655, this pair ranks #20,934 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enterada vs entérate

Shared letters: aenrt. Private to "enterada": d. Private to "entérate": é.

"enterada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "entérate" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enteradaenetrada · ennterada · entearda · enteraad · enteradda · enterdaa · entreada · entterada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enterada" and "entérate" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enterada" is a participle and "entérate" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "enterada" or "entérate"?
"entérate" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,068 in our Spanish list, against #37,587 for "enterada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enterada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entérate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,934 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enterada" and "entérate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entérate vs entrase". 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 #20,934 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