encogerse
[ẽŋkoˈxeɾse]
The verdict
“encogerse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,951 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,951
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
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-encogerse · encogerse · Spanish
encogerse · rank #81,951 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,951
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH encendían
Nearest frequency peer: encendían (-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 “encogerse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- empujes
empujes
18,053 corpus weight
- encallado
encallado
18,052 corpus weight
- encendían
encendían
18,051 corpus weight
- encogerse
encogerse
18,050 corpus weight
- endurecida
endurecida
18,049 corpus weight
- enemistades
enemistades
18,048 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encogerse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encogerse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkoˈxeɾse] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,951 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “encogerse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
encogerse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,951 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkoˈxeɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
encogerse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is encogerse, spelled E-N-C-O-G-E-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Reducir su tamaño alguna cosa, especialmente una prenda de ropa.
- 2Contraer, retraer o recoger la postura del cuerpo.
- 3Perder o ver reducido el propio ánimo, la energía o el entusiasmo con que se acomete una tarea o se enfrenta una situación.
- 4Mostrar o actuar con baja autoestima, cortedad de genio, cobardía, falta de valor; acobardarse.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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