encoger
[ẽŋkoˈxeɾ]
The verdict
“encoger” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Reducir su tamaño alguna cosa, especialmente una prenda de ropa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encoger |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkoˈxeɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encoger” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for encoger is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋkoˈxeɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “encoger”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-O-G-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋkoˈxeɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.