encaran
[ẽŋˈkaɾãn]
The verdict
“encaran” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,545 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,545
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encarar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encaran · encaran · Spanish
encaran · rank #61,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,545
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH Encalada
Nearest frequency peer: Encalada (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “encaran”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- emocionarse
emocionarse
38,461 corpus weight
- empapadas
empapadas
38,460 corpus weight
- Encalada
Encalada
38,457 corpus weight
- encaran
encaran
38,456 corpus weight
- encuadrado
encuadrado
38,455 corpus weight
- enrejado
enrejado
38,452 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encaran” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encaran |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋˈkaɾãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encaran” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encaran is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,545 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋˈkaɾãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encarar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for encaran in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is encaran, spelled E-N-C-A-R-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encarar.
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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