encogió

[ẽŋkoˈxjo]

/[ẽŋkoˈxjo]/ verb

The verdict

“encogió” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,231 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,231
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encoger o de encogerse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-encogio · encogió · Spanish

encogió · rank #52,231 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,231
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH ending

Nearest frequency peer: ending (+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 “encogió”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “encogió” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for encogió
PropertyValue
Headwordencogió
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽŋkoˈxjo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,231
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “encogió” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.encogiócae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “ending” (#52,232), “eludiendo” (#52,229), “Eloísa” (#52,228). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “encogió” va en #52,231. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

encogió is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,231 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkoˈxjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encoger o de encogerse.".

No misspelling variants are generated for encogió in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 encogió, spelled E-N-C-O-G-I-Ó.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encoger o de encogerse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encogió"?
"encogió" is spelled E-N-C-O-G-I-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽŋkoˈxjo].
What does "encogió" mean?
As a verb, "encogió" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encoger o de encogerse.
How do you pronounce "encogió"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "encogió" is [ẽŋkoˈxjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "encogió" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encogió", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list