enchufar

[ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfaɾ]

/[ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“enchufar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,879 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,879
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ajustar la boca de un caño en la de otro.

Corpus desk

Index ES-enchufar · enchufar · Spanish

enchufar · rank #50,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,879
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH emulsión

Nearest frequency peer: emulsión (-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 “enchufar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “enchufar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enchufar
PropertyValue
Headwordenchufar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,879
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “enchufar” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).enchufarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “emulsión” (#50,878), “enclavada” (#50,880), “empíricamente” (#50,877). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “enchufar” va en #50,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enchufar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,879 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enchufar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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. The correct Spanish form is enchufar, spelled E-N-C-H-U-F-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ajustar la boca de un caño en la de otro.
  2. 2
    Acoplar las partes salientes de una pieza en otra.
  3. 3
    Introducir la clavija de un enchufe dentro de un tomacorriente.
  4. 4
    Combinar, enlazar un negocio con otro.
  5. 5
    Entrar en sintonía con una persona hasta seducirla.
  6. 6
    Coitear.

Synonyms

conectar

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enchufar"?
"enchufar" is spelled E-N-C-H-U-F-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfaɾ].
What does "enchufar" mean?
As a verb, "enchufar" means: Ajustar la boca de un caño en la de otro.
How do you pronounce "enchufar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enchufar" is [ẽnʲt͡ʃuˈfaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enchufar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

emulsión#50,878empujaba#50,876engañaba#50,883emociono#50,874

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list