enterastevsentranteWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: enteraste is a verb, entrante is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#37,588
“enteraste” frequency rank
#17,958
“entrante” frequency rank
55546
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enteraste entrante
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de enterar o de enterarse. Que esta entrando o que puede entrar.

Where the eye mixes enteraste and entrante

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
enteraste
8 ch
entrante

Visual trap between enteraste and entrante

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: enteraste is [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾast̪e] while entrante is [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾãn̪t̪e]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55546, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enteraste is recorded at frequency rank #37,588, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪t̪eˈɾast̪e]. entrante is at rank #17,958, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾãn̪t̪e].

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 55546, this pair ranks #78,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enteraste vs entrante

Shared letters: aenrt. Private to "enteraste": s. Private to "entrante": -.

"enteraste" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV  ·  "entrante" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enterasteenetraste · ennteraste · entearste · enteraset · enterasste · enterastte · enteratse · enterraste
  • entranteenntrante · enrtante · entarnte · entranet · entrannte · entrantte · entratne · entrnate

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "enteraste" and "entrante" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enteraste" is a verb and "entrante" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "enteraste" or "entrante" show up more?
"entrante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,958 in our Spanish list, against #37,588 for "enteraste". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "enteraste" and "entrante" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enteraste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entrante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #78,405 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enteraste" and "entrante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enteraste 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 #78,405 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