encerrada
[ẽnseˈrað̞a]
The verdict
“encerrada” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #14,834 in Spanish word frequency and used as a participle.
- #14,834
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de encerrado, participio de encerrar.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encerrada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [ẽnseˈrað̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #14,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encerrada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for encerrada is 9 letters long, classified as a participle, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽnseˈrað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #14,834 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de encerrado, participio de encerrar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for encerrada, with forms such as "ecnerrada", "enccerrada", and "encerada". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "encerrar", "enterada", "encerrado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 encerrada, spelled E-N-C-E-R-R-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de encerrado, participio de encerrar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecnerrada,enccerrada,encerada,encerarda,encerraad,encerradda,encerrdaa,encrerada,enecrrada,enncerrada,enserrada,necerrada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encerrada - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “encerrada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-E-R-R-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽnseˈrað̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “encerrar” - see the side-by-side comparison. encerrada vs encerrar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.