encloquecer
[ẽŋklokeˈseɾ]
The verdict
“encloquecer” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ponerse clueca (sentarse a calentar los huevos para que procreen) un ave, especialmente una gallina o un ánade.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encloquecer · encloquecer · Spanish
encloquecer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | encloquecer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋklokeˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encloquecer” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encloquecer is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋklokeˈseɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ponerse clueca (sentarse a calentar los huevos para que procreen) un ave, especialmente una gallina o un ánade.".
encloquecer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 encloquecer, spelled E-N-C-L-O-Q-U-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Ponerse clueca (sentarse a calentar los huevos para que procreen) un ave, especialmente una gallina o un ánade.
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.