encontrabas
[ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaβ̞as]
The verdict
“encontrabas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,996 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,996
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encontrabas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaβ̞as] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #59,996 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encontrabas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
encontrabas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,996 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaβ̞as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for encontrabas in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 encontrabas, spelled E-N-C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.
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 “encontrabas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾaβ̞as] (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.