entrantevsextrañeTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#17,958
“entrante” frequency rank
#31,788
“extrañe” frequency rank
49746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature entrante extrañe
Definition Que esta entrando o que puede entrar. Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de extrañar o de extrañarse.

Where the eye mixes entrante and extrañe

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

8 ch
entrante
7 ch
extrañe

Why the eye confuses entrante with extrañe

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entrante is [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾãn̪t̪e] while extrañe is [eksˈt̪ɾaɲe]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrante is recorded at frequency rank #17,958, classified as anadj, pronounced [ẽn̪ˈt̪ɾãn̪t̪e]. extrañe is at rank #31,788, tagged as averb, pronounced [eksˈt̪ɾaɲe].

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 49746, this pair ranks #107,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrante vs extrañe

Shared letters: aert. Private to "entrante": n. Private to "extrañe": .

"entrante" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCV  ·  "extrañe" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • entranteenntrante · enrtante · entarnte · entranet · entrannte · entrantte · entratne · entrnate

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "entrante" for "extrañe" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "entrante" is an adjective and "extrañe" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "entrante" or "extrañe"?
"entrante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,958 in our Spanish list, against #31,788 for "extrañe". 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 "entrante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extrañe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #107,050 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "entrante" and "extrañe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entrase vs extrañe". 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 #107,050 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