encendido

/[ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,287

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

encendido is aSpanishverb. It means: Participio de encender. Pronounced [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. It ranks #9,287 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with entendió and encendió.

Key facts for encendido
PropertyValue
Headwordencendido
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,287
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of encendido in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for encendido is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,287 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de encender.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for encendido, with forms such as "ecnendido", "enccendido", and "encednido". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "entendió", "encendió", "excedido", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is encendido, spelled E-N-C-E-N-D-I-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de encender.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ecnendido,enccendido,encednido,encenddido,encenddio,encendiddo,encendiod,enceniddo,encenndido,encnedido,enecndido,enncendido,ensendido,necendido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for encendido

Misspelling Variants of "encendido"

ecnendido9enccendido10encednido9encenddido10encenddio9encendiddo10encendiod9enceniddo9
Misspelling Variants of "encendido"

Frequency rank: #9,287 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encendido"?
"encendido" is spelled E-N-C-E-N-D-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].
What does "encendido" mean?
As a verb, "encendido" means: Participio de encender.
What words are commonly confused with "encendido"?
"encendido" is commonly confused with "entendió", "encendió", "excedido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "encendido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encendido" is [ẽnsẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encendido" come from?
"encendido" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.