enclave

[ẽŋˈklaβ̞e]

/[ẽŋˈklaβ̞e]/ noun

The verdict

“enclave” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #20,669. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,669
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Territorio incluido en otro de mayor extensión con características diferentes: políticas, administrativas, geográficas, etc.

Corpus desk

Index ES-enclave · enclave · Spanish

enclave · rank #20,669 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,669
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH encargue

Nearest frequency peer: encargue (-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 “enclave”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “enclave” 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).

enclave vs enlace
71% similar
enclave vs esclavo
71% similar
enclave vs esclava
71% similar

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

Key facts for enclave
PropertyValue
Headwordenclave
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽŋˈklaβ̞e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,669
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “enclave”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).enclavecae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “encargue” (#20,668), “efectúa” (#20,667), “entraban” (#20,671). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “enclave” va en #20,669. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around enclave (IPA [ẽŋˈklaβ̞e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,669 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for enclave, with forms such as "ecnlave", "encalve", and "encclave". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "enlace", "esclavo", "esclava", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is enclave, spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Territorio incluido en otro de mayor extensión con características diferentes: políticas, administrativas, geográficas, etc.
  2. 2
    Grupo humano inserto en otro de características distintas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Solo subsistían sus ciudades, descontroladas, peligrosas, en vías de desfallecimiento, y esos enclaves fortificados donde las corpos extraen los materiales y fabrican lo suyo, repletos de kwasis trabajadores y kwasis guardiantes, tan poquitas personas.
  2. El enclave kurdo en Turquía.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ecnlave
  • encalve
  • encclave
  • enclabe
  • enclaev
  • enclavve
  • encllave
  • enclvae
  • enlcave
  • ennclave
  • neclave

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enclave - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ecnlave2encalve2encclave1enclabe1enclaev2enclavve1encllave1enclvae2
Edit distance from "enclave"

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 "enclave"?
"enclave" is spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋˈklaβ̞e].
What does "enclave" mean?
As a noun, "enclave" means: Territorio incluido en otro de mayor extensión con características diferentes: políticas, administrativas, geográficas, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "enclave"?
"enclave" is commonly confused with "enlace", "esclavo", "esclava". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enclave"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enclave" is [ẽŋˈklaβ̞e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enclave" come from?
"enclave" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list