enciendan
[ẽnˈsjẽn̪d̪ãn]
The verdict
“enciendan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,590 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,590
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de encender o de encenderse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enciendan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnˈsjẽn̪d̪ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,590 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enciendan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
enciendan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,590 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽnˈsjẽn̪d̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enciendan, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is enciendan, spelled E-N-C-I-E-N-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de encender o de encenderse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de encender o del imperativo negativo de encenderse.
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 “enciendan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-I-E-N-D-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽnˈsjẽn̪d̪ãn] (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.