encimar
[ẽnsiˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“encimar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poner una cosa encima de otra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encimar · encimar · Spanish
encimar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encimar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnsiˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encimar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encimar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽnsiˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for encimar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is encimar, spelled E-N-C-I-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Poner una cosa encima de otra.
- 2Arrimar, acercar.
- 3En el juego del tresillo, añadir una puesta á la que ya había en el plato.
- 4Erguir.
- 5Dar encima de lo estipulado, añadir.
- 6Acabar, finalizar.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.