entramosvsextrañosWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: entramos is a verb, extraños is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“entramos” is a verb and “extraños” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,290
“entramos” frequency rank
#5,512
“extraños” frequency rank
14802
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entramos extraños
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de entrar. Forma del plural de extraño.

Where the eye mixes entramos and extraños

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. entramos and extraños follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
entramos
8 ch
extraños

Visual trap between entramos and extraños

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entramos is [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾamos] while extraños is [eksˈt̪ɾaɲos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entramos is recorded at frequency rank #9,290, classified as averb, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾamos]. extraños is at rank #5,512, tagged as anoun, pronounced [eksˈt̪ɾaɲos].

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 14802, this pair ranks #282,667 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of entramos vs extraños

Shared letters: aeorst. Private to "entramos": mn. Private to "extraños": xñ.

"entramos" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC  ·  "extraños" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entramos ← enntramos · enrtamos · entarmos · entrammos · entramoss · entramso · entraoms · entrmaos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entramos" for "extraños" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entramos" is a verb and "extraños" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "entramos" vs "extraños" - which ranks higher?
"extraños" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,512 in our Spanish list, against #9,290 for "entramos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "entramos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extraños" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #282,667 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entramos" and "extraños" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enterados vs entramos". 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 #282,667 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