Encarnación
[ẽŋkaɾnaˈsjõn]
The verdict
“Encarnación” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #13,901 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #13,901
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Encarnación |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ẽŋkaɾnaˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #13,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Encarnación” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Encarnación is 11 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋkaɾnaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,901 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de mujer.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Encarnación, with forms such as "ecnarnación", "enacrnación", and "encanración". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Encarnación, spelled E-N-C-A-R-N-A-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de mujer.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecnarnación,enacrnación,encanración,encaranción,encarnacción,encarnacinó,encarnaciónn,encarnacóin,encarnaicón,encarnasión,encarncaión,encarnnación,encarrnación,enccarnación,encranación,enncarnación,necarnación
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Encarnación - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Encarnación”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-A-R-N-A-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋkaɾnaˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.