encierra
[ẽnˈsjera]
The verdict
“encierra” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,525. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,525
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encerrar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encierra · encierra · Spanish
encierra · rank #18,525 · 10 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,525
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH empanadas
Nearest frequency peer: empanadas (-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 “encierra”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- dígitos
dígitos
81,479 corpus weight
- elogio
elogio
81,478 corpus weight
- empanadas
empanadas
81,477 corpus weight
- encierra
encierra
81,476 corpus weight
- enfermas
enfermas
81,475 corpus weight
- enriquecer
enriquecer
81,474 corpus weight
What this shows “encierra” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | encierra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnˈsjera] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #18,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “encierra”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around encierra (IPA [ẽnˈsjera]), averb. Corpus frequency is #18,525 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for encierra, with forms such as "ecnierra", "enccierra", and "enceirra". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "entierro", "encierro", "entierra", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is encierra, spelled E-N-C-I-E-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encerrar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de encerrar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecnierra
- enccierra
- enceirra
- enciera
- encierar
- encirera
- enicerra
- enncierra
- ensierra
- necierra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encierra - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encierra", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).