encéfalo
[ẽnˈsefalo]
The verdict
“encéfalo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,323 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,323
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte fundamental del sistema nervioso central, contenida en el cráneo, y formada por el cerebro, tallo cerebral y cerebelo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encefalo · encéfalo · Spanish
encéfalo · rank #65,323 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,323
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH energúmeno
Nearest frequency peer: energúmeno (+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 “encéfalo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- emparentada
emparentada
34,682 corpus weight
- encabezará
encabezará
34,681 corpus weight
- encinta
encinta
34,680 corpus weight
- encéfalo
encéfalo
34,678 corpus weight
- energúmeno
energúmeno
34,677 corpus weight
- enojaron
enojaron
34,675 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encéfalo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encéfalo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽnˈsefalo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encéfalo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encéfalo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,323 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽnˈsefalo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parte fundamental del sistema nervioso central, contenida en el cráneo, y formada por el cerebro, tallo cerebral y cerebelo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for encéfalo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is encéfalo, spelled E-N-C-É-F-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1Parte fundamental del sistema nervioso central, contenida en el cráneo, y formada por el cerebro, tallo cerebral y cerebelo.
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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