encadenar

/[ẽŋkað̞eˈnaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#62,282

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

encadenar is aSpanishverb. It means: Colocar una cadena para cerrar, unir o limitar el movimiento. Pronounced [ẽŋkað̞eˈnaɾ].

Key facts for encadenar
PropertyValue
Headwordencadenar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽŋkað̞eˈnaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,282
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of encadenar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for encadenar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋkað̞eˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #62,282 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for encadenar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is encadenar, spelled E-N-C-A-D-E-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Colocar una cadena para cerrar, unir o limitar el movimiento.
  2. 2
    Unir una cosa con otra.
  3. 3
    Trabar y unir unas cosas con otras, como las palabras.
  4. 4
    Formar una cadena con los tomadores de las velas, después de desforradas para que no cuelguen demasiado.
  5. 5
    Antiguamente y refiriéndose a un puerto, encadenar era cerrar la boca del mismo con cadenas.
  6. 6
    Enlazar las paredes de un edificio entre sí mediante vigas o tirantes encadenados.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #62,282 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encadenar"?
"encadenar" is spelled E-N-C-A-D-E-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋkað̞eˈnaɾ].
What does "encadenar" mean?
As a verb, "encadenar" means: Colocar una cadena para cerrar, unir o limitar el movimiento.
How do you pronounce "encadenar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encadenar" is [ẽŋkað̞eˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encadenar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.