encasillar

[ẽŋkasiˈʝaɾ]

/[ẽŋkasiˈʝaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“encasillar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,034 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,034
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disponer en casillas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-encasillar · encasillar · Spanish

encasillar · rank #80,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,034
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH encargas

Nearest frequency peer: encargas (-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 “encasillar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encasillar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for encasillar
PropertyValue
Headwordencasillar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽŋkasiˈʝaɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#80,034
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “encasillar” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).encasillarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “encargas” (#80,033), “encenderá” (#80,035), “empoderado” (#80,032). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “encasillar” va en #80,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

encasillar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,034 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkasiˈʝaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

encasillar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is encasillar, spelled E-N-C-A-S-I-L-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Disponer en casillas.
  2. 2
    Clasificar de acuerdo a algún esquema.
  3. 3
    En particular, tildar a alguien como súbdito de algún partido político o fanático de alguna ideología en particular.
  4. 4
    Clasificar a una persona con un criterio muy vago o trivial.
  5. 5
    Indicar un gobierno a un diputado el distrito en el que lo presentará para las elecciones.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how encasillar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La realidad es que en este mundo absolutamente polarizado, de gente en que "si vas a una marcha, sos esto; si no vas a la marcha, vos sos lo otro", a mí me importa tres carajos, la verdad. Que me encasillen donde tengan ganas. Ya estoy más alla, digamos. Me han encasillado tantas veces de un lado, del otro, en el medio, que te pagan, que no se qué. La ver…

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encasillar"?
"encasillar" is spelled E-N-C-A-S-I-L-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋkasiˈʝaɾ].
What does "encasillar" mean?
As a verb, "encasillar" means: Disponer en casillas.
How do you pronounce "encasillar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encasillar" is [ẽŋkasiˈʝaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encasillar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encasillar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list