encajar
[ẽŋkaˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“encajar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,603 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #15,603
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Meter una cosa dentro de otra ajustadamente.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encajar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkaˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,603 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encajar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for encajar is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋkaˈxaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,603 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for encajar, with forms such as "ecnajar", "enacjar", and "encaajr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "enojar", "encaje", "encara", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is encajar, spelled E-N-C-A-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Meter una cosa dentro de otra ajustadamente.
- 2Meter una cosa dentro de otra ajustadamente.
- 3Meter una cosa dentro de otra ajustadamente.
- 4Meter una cosa dentro de otra ajustadamente.
- 5Unir ajustadamente una cosa con otra.
- 6Dibujar las líneas generales de una ilustración.
- 7Dar una cosa molesta o inapropiada, en particular:
- 8Dar una cosa molesta o inapropiada, en particular:
- 9Dar una cosa molesta o inapropiada, en particular:
- 10Dar una cosa molesta o inapropiada, en particular:
- 11Soportar bien un golpe
- 12Por extensión, soportar bien una causa cualquiera de desazón o decepción
- 13Por extensión, recuperarse de una desazón, decepción o golpe
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecnajar,enacjar,encaajr,encajarr,encajjar,encajra,enccajar,encjaar,enncajar,necajar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encajar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “encajar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-A-J-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋkaˈxaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “enojar” - see the side-by-side comparison. encajar vs enojar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.