encerraba
[ẽnseˈraβ̞a]
The verdict
“encerraba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,284 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,284
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encerrar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encerraba · encerraba · Spanish
encerraba · rank #62,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,284
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH encaminó
Nearest frequency peer: encaminó (-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 “encerraba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- empatando
empatando
37,720 corpus weight
- encadenar
encadenar
37,719 corpus weight
- encaminó
encaminó
37,718 corpus weight
- encerraba
encerraba
37,717 corpus weight
- encomiendo
encomiendo
37,716 corpus weight
- encubren
encubren
37,715 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encerraba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encerraba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnseˈraβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encerraba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encerraba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,284 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽnseˈraβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for encerraba in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is encerraba, spelled E-N-C-E-R-R-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encerrar.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encerrar.
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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