encimera

[ẽnsiˈmeɾa]

/[ẽnsiˈmeɾa]/ noun

The verdict

“encimera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,110 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,110
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte superior plana de ciertos muebles bajos como la cocina o el lavatorio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-encimera · encimera · Spanish

encimera · rank #66,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,110
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH encarceladas

Nearest frequency peer: encarceladas (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “encimera”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encimera” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for encimera
PropertyValue
Headwordencimera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽnsiˈmeɾa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “encimera” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).encimeracae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “encarceladas” (#66,109), “encurtidos” (#66,111), “encajaban” (#66,108). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “encimera” va en #66,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

encimera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,110 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽnsiˈmeɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for encimera, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is encimera, spelled E-N-C-I-M-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Parte superior plana de ciertos muebles bajos como la cocina o el lavatorio.
  2. 2
    Pieza de cuero con un ojal que se coloca sobre el basto de la silla de montar y se sujeta a la cincha.

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 "encimera"?
"encimera" is spelled E-N-C-I-M-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽnsiˈmeɾa].
What does "encimera" mean?
As a noun, "encimera" means: Parte superior plana de ciertos muebles bajos como la cocina o el lavatorio.
How do you pronounce "encimera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encimera" is [ẽnsiˈmeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list