encoger
[ẽŋkoˈxeɾ]
The verdict
“encoger” 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) - Reducir su tamaño alguna cosa, especialmente una prenda de ropa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-encoger · encoger · Spanish
encoger · 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 | encoger |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkoˈxeɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encoger” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encoger is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkoˈxeɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reducir su tamaño alguna cosa, especialmente una prenda de ropa.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for encoger, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 encoger, spelled E-N-C-O-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Reducir su tamaño alguna cosa, especialmente una prenda de ropa.
This word in other languages
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.