encogido
[ẽŋkoˈxið̞o]
The verdict
“encogido” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #57,007 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #57,007
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que tiene poco ánimo, confianza o seguridad; tímido, apocado.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encogido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ẽŋkoˈxið̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encogido” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for encogido is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋkoˈxið̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,007 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que tiene poco ánimo, confianza o seguridad; tímido, apocado.".
encogido doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is encogido, spelled E-N-C-O-G-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene poco ánimo, confianza o seguridad; tímido, apocado.
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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Using “encogido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-O-G-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋkoˈxið̞o] (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.