encanto

/[ẽŋˈkãn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,889

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

encanto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de calidades de amabilidad, de atracción y de seducción. Pronounced [ẽŋˈkãn̪t̪o]. It ranks #4,889 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with engaño and escaño.

Key facts for encanto
PropertyValue
Headwordencanto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽŋˈkãn̪t̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,889
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for encanto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋˈkãn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,889 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for encanto, with forms such as "ecnanto", "enacnto", and "encannto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "engaño", "escaño", "encargo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 encanto, spelled E-N-C-A-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de calidades de amabilidad, de atracción y de seducción.
  2. 2
    Sortilegio, encantamiento.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecnanto,enacnto,encannto,encanot,encantto,encatno,enccanto,encnato,enncanto,necanto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for encanto

Misspelling Variants of "encanto"

ecnanto7enacnto7encannto8encanot7encantto8encatno7enccanto8encnato7
Misspelling Variants of "encanto"

Frequency rank: #4,889 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encanto"?
"encanto" is spelled E-N-C-A-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋˈkãn̪t̪o].
What does "encanto" mean?
As a noun, "encanto" means: Conjunto de calidades de amabilidad, de atracción y de seducción.
What words are commonly confused with "encanto"?
"encanto" is commonly confused with "engaño", "escaño", "encargo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encanto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encanto" is [ẽŋˈkãn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encanto" come from?
"encanto" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.