encía
[ẽnˈsia]
The verdict
“encía” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,592 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,592
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Parte carnosa de la boca sobre los maxilares superior e inferior, que recubre los alveolos y raíces dentales.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽnˈsia] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encía” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
encía is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,592 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽnˈsia]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Parte carnosa de la boca sobre los maxilares superior e inferior, que recubre los alveolos y raíces dentales.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for encía, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is encía, spelled E-N-C-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Parte carnosa de la boca sobre los maxilares superior e inferior, que recubre los alveolos y raíces dentales.
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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Using “encía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽnˈsia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.