enteradavsentradasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#37,587
“enterada” frequency rank
#2,712
“entradas” frequency rank
40299
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enterada entradas
Definition Forma del femenino de enterado, participio de enterar o de enterarse. Forma del plural de entrada.

Where the eye mixes enterada and entradas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. enterada (VCCVCVCV) and entradas (VCCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
enterada
8 ch
entradas

Look-alike desk: enterada vs entradas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enterada is [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾað̞a] while entradas is [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (participle vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40299, 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]. entradas is at rank #2,712, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾað̞as].

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 40299, this pair ranks #159,881 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enterada vs entradas

Shared letters: adenrt. Private to "enterada": -. Private to "entradas": s.

"enterada" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV  ·  "entradas" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enterada ← enetrada · ennterada · entearda · enteraad · enteradda · enterdaa · entreada · entterada
  • entradas ← enntradas · enrtadas · entardas · entraads · entradass · entraddas · entradsa · entrdaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enterada" and "entradas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enterada" is a participle and "entradas" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "enterada" vs "entradas" - which ranks higher?
"entradas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,712 in our Spanish list, against #37,587 for "enterada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "enterada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entradas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #159,881 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enterada" and "entradas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enteraba vs enterada". 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 #159,881 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