encefalitis
[ẽnsefaˈlit̪is]
The verdict
“encefalitis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,566 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,566
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conjunto de enfermedades producidas por una inflamación del encéfalo
Corpus desk
Index ES-encefalitis · encefalitis · Spanish
encefalitis · rank #55,566 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,566
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 101,141
- PHOTO-FINISH encarecimiento
Nearest frequency peer: encarecimiento (-2 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 “encefalitis”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- encantando
encantando
44,439 corpus weight
- encarcelan
encarcelan
44,438 corpus weight
- encarecimie…
encarecimiento
44,437 corpus weight
- encefalitis
encefalitis
44,435 corpus weight
- engordan
engordan
44,432 corpus weight
- entenderían
entenderían
44,431 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “encefalitis” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encefalitis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽnsefaˈlit̪is] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #55,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encefalitis” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
encefalitis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,566 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽnsefaˈlit̪is]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "conjunto de enfermedades producidas por una inflamación del encéfalo".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for encefalitis, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is encefalitis, spelled E-N-C-E-F-A-L-I-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1conjunto de enfermedades producidas por una inflamación del encéfalo
This word in other languages
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 "encefalitis", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 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.