encalló
[ẽŋkaˈʝo]
The verdict
“encalló” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,774 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,774
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encallar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encalló |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkaˈʝo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encalló” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
encalló is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,774 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkaˈʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encallar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for encalló in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is encalló, spelled E-N-C-A-L-L-Ó.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encallar.
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 “encalló”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-A-L-L-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋkaˈʝo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.