encargado

/[ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,116

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

encargado is anSpanishadj. It means: Que ha recibido un encargo. Pronounced [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]. It ranks #3,116 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with encargo and encargan.

Key facts for encargado
PropertyValue
Headwordencargado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,116
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for encargado is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,116 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que ha recibido un encargo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for encargado, with forms such as "ecnargado", "enacrgado", and "encagrado". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "encargo", "encargan", "encargar", 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 encargado, spelled E-N-C-A-R-G-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que ha recibido un encargo.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecnargado,enacrgado,encagrado,encaragdo,encargaddo,encargaod,encargdao,encarggado,encarrgado,enccargado,encragado,enncargado,necargado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for encargado

Misspelling Variants of "encargado"

ecnargado9enacrgado9encagrado9encaragdo9encargaddo10encargaod9encargdao9encarggado10
Misspelling Variants of "encargado"

Frequency rank: #3,116 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encargado"?
"encargado" is spelled E-N-C-A-R-G-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞o].
What does "encargado" mean?
As an adj, "encargado" means: Que ha recibido un encargo.
What words are commonly confused with "encargado"?
"encargado" is commonly confused with "encargo", "encargan", "encargar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encargado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encargado" is [ẽŋkaɾˈɣ̞að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encargado" come from?
"encargado" 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.