encarrete
[ẽŋkaˈret̪e]
The verdict
“encarrete” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Actividad o situación que se encuentran agradables y cautivan la atención o tiempo de uno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encarrete · encarrete · Spanish
encarrete · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encarrete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽŋkaˈret̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encarrete” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encarrete is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽŋkaˈret̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for encarrete in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is encarrete, spelled E-N-C-A-R-R-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Actividad o situación que se encuentran agradables y cautivan la atención o tiempo de uno.
- 2Amistad reciente con alguien en que hay atracción y entusiasmo mutuos, con posibilidades de una relación romántica.
- 3Encuentro pasajero de enamoramiento o atracción sexual, sin intención de una relación de pareja duradera.
- 4Persona con la que se tiene un encarrete_(2,3) (amistad en vías de una relación sentimental, o amorío pasajero).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how encarrete appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jugar X—Box es un encarrete
Cuando llegué del exilio en Suiza, después de cinco meses, Marcela había pintado el apartamento, lo había decorado, y empezamos un encarrete
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.