encarcelen
[ẽŋkaɾˈselẽn]
The verdict
“encarcelen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,802 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,802
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de encarcelar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encarcelen · encarcelen · Spanish
encarcelen · rank #88,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,802
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 101,141
- PHOTO-FINISH emprendeduris…
Nearest frequency peer: emprendedurismo (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “encarcelen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- embustera
embustera
11,203 corpus weight
- empatada
empatada
11,202 corpus weight
- emplumada
emplumada
11,201 corpus weight
- emprendedur…
emprendedurismo
11,200 corpus weight
- encarcelen
encarcelen
11,199 corpus weight
- encarnados
encarnados
11,197 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “encarcelen” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encarcelen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkaɾˈselẽn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #88,802 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encarcelen” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
encarcelen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,802 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkaɾˈselẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for encarcelen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is encarcelen, spelled E-N-C-A-R-C-E-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de encarcelar.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encarcelen", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.