encomendar
[ẽŋkomẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
The verdict
“encomendar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #84,824 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #84,824
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pedir a alguien que desempeñe una tarea.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encomendar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkomẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,824 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encomendar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for encomendar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋkomẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,824 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for encomendar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is encomendar, spelled E-N-C-O-M-E-N-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Pedir a alguien que desempeñe una tarea.
- 2En las antiguas colonias españolas en América, entregar a alguien un grupo de indígenas bajo el sistema de encomienda.
- 3Dar encomienda, hacer comendador a uno.
- 4Enviar recados o memorias.
- 5Llegar a tener encomienda de orden.
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 “encomendar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-O-M-E-N-D-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋkomẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ] (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.