encarcelan
[ẽŋkaɾˈselãn]
The verdict
“encarcelan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,563 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,563
- 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 encarcelar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encarcelan · encarcelan · Spanish
encarcelan · rank #55,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,563
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH encantando
Nearest frequency peer: encantando (-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 “encarcelan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- emboscadas
emboscadas
44,442 corpus weight
- empleen
empleen
44,440 corpus weight
- encantando
encantando
44,439 corpus weight
- encarcelan
encarcelan
44,438 corpus weight
- encarecimie…
encarecimiento
44,437 corpus weight
- encefalitis
encefalitis
44,435 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encarcelan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encarcelan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkaɾˈselãn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encarcelan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encarcelan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,563 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkaɾˈselãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encarcelar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for encarcelan, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 encarcelan, spelled E-N-C-A-R-C-E-L-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encarcelar.
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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