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Which to use

“enjoar” and “enviar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,830
“enjoar” frequency rank
#1,777
“enviar” frequency rank
47607
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enjoar enviar
Definition causar enjoo a mandar algo ou alguém de um lugar para outro

Where the eye mixes enjoar and enviar

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. enjoar and enviar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
enjoar
6 ch
enviar

Visual trap between enjoar and enviar

A purely visual mix-up. enjoar (/ẽ.ˈʒwaɾ/) and enviar (/ẽ.ˈvjaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enjoar is recorded at frequency rank #45,830, classified as averb, pronounced /ẽ.ˈʒwaɾ/. enviar is at rank #1,777, tagged as averb, pronounced /ẽ.ˈvjaɾ/.

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 47607, this pair ranks #17,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enjoar vs enviar

Shared letters: aenr. Private to "enjoar": jo. Private to "enviar": iv.

"enjoar" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC  ·  "enviar" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • enjoarejnoar · enjaor · enjjoar · enjoarr · enjora · ennjoar · enojar · nejoar
  • enviarenivar · ennviar · envair · enviarr · envira · envviar · evniar · neviar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enjoar" for "enviar" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ẽ.ˈʒwaɾ/ versus /ẽ.ˈvjaɾ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "enjoar" vs "enviar" - which ranks higher?
"enviar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,777 in our Portuguese list, against #45,830 for "enjoar". 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 "enjoar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "enviar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enjoar" and "enviar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enjoar vs escoar". 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 #17,623 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list