enciclopedia

[ẽnsikloˈpeð̞ja]

/[ẽnsikloˈpeð̞ja]/ noun

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The verdict

“enciclopedia” has 18 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,450. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,450
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obra en que se expone el conjunto de los conocimientos humanos o de los referentes a una ciencia, por artículos separados, dispuestos alfabéticamente.

Corpus desk

Index ES-enciclopedia · enciclopedia · Spanish

enciclopedia · rank #13,450 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,450
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH encantador

Nearest frequency peer: encantador (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “enciclopedia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “enciclopedia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

enciclopedia vs enciclopedias
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for enciclopedia
PropertyValue
Headwordenciclopedia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽnsikloˈpeð̞ja]
Letters12
Frequency rank#13,450
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “enciclopedia”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.enciclopediacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “encantador” (#13,449), “encantada” (#13,448), “enfrentaron” (#13,452). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “enciclopedia” va en #13,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around enciclopedia (IPA [ẽnsikloˈpeð̞ja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,450 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for enciclopedia, with forms such as "ecniclopedia", "encciclopedia", and "enccilopedia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "enciclopedias", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is enciclopedia, spelled E-N-C-I-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Obra en que se expone el conjunto de los conocimientos humanos o de los referentes a una ciencia, por artículos separados, dispuestos alfabéticamente.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, persona de cultura amplia y extensa.
  3. 3
    Conjunto de todos los saberes.
  4. 4
    Movimiento filosófico y cultural de corte cientificista, materialista y anticlerical originado en Francia en el siglo XVIII, cuya obra de mayor envergadura fue una voluminosa Encyclopédie, editada por diderot y D'Almebert.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how enciclopedia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wikipedia es la enciclopedia más útil e importante de todo el siglo XXI.

Synonyms

enciclopedismo

This word in other languages

encyclopedia(English)encyclopédie(Français)Enzyklopädie(Deutsch)enciclopédia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecniclopedia
  • encciclopedia
  • enccilopedia
  • encicclopedia
  • encicllopedia
  • encicloepdia
  • enciclopdeia
  • enciclopedai
  • enciclopeddia
  • enciclopeida
  • encicloppedia
  • enciclpoedia
  • encicolpedia
  • encilcopedia
  • enicclopedia
  • ennciclopedia
  • ensiclopedia
  • neciclopedia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enciclopedia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ecniclopedia2encciclopedia1enccilopedia2encicclopedia1encicllopedia1encicloepdia2enciclopdeia2enciclopedai2
Edit distance from "enciclopedia"

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 "enciclopedia"?
"enciclopedia" is spelled E-N-C-I-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽnsikloˈpeð̞ja].
What does "enciclopedia" mean?
As a noun, "enciclopedia" means: Obra en que se expone el conjunto de los conocimientos humanos o de los referentes a una ciencia, por artículos separados, dispuestos alfabéticamente.
What words are commonly confused with "enciclopedia"?
"enciclopedia" is commonly confused with "enciclopedias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enciclopedia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enciclopedia" is [ẽnsikloˈpeð̞ja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enciclopedia" come from?
"enciclopedia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

convicciones#13,421consistencia#13,418significaría#13,352predicciones#13,317

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

sobrevivido18 variantsproductivas18 variantsvencimiento18 variantsinterrogatorio18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list