enteramosvsenterradosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#16,836
“enteramos” frequency rank
#15,846
“enterrados” frequency rank
32682
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enteramos enterrados
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de enterar o de enterarse. Forma del plural de enterrado, participio de enterrar.

Where the eye mixes enteramos and enterrados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. enteramos runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against enterrados's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
enteramos
10 ch
enterrados

Visual trap between enteramos and enterrados

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enteramos is [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾamos] while enterrados is [ẽn̪t̪eˈrað̞os]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enteramos is recorded at frequency rank #16,836, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾamos]. enterrados is at rank #15,846, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈrað̞os].

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 32682, this pair ranks #200,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of enteramos vs enterrados

Shared letters: aenorst. Private to "enteramos": m. Private to "enterrados": d.

"enteramos" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "enterrados" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enteramos ← enetramos · ennteramos · entearmos · enterammos · enteramoss · enteramso · enteraoms · entermaos
  • enterrados ← enetrrados · ennterrados · enterardos · enterraddos · enterradoss · enterradso · enterraods · enterrdaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enteramos" for "enterrados" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enteramos" is a verb and "enterrados" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "enteramos" or "enterrados"?
"enterrados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,846 in our Spanish list, against #16,836 for "enteramos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "enteramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enterrados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #200,732 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enteramos" and "enterrados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "encerradas vs enterrados". 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 #200,732 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