encontré
[ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾe]
The verdict
“encontré” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,164
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encontré |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾe] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encontré” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around encontré (IPA [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾe]), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,164 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for encontré, with forms such as "ecnontré", "enccontré", and "encnotré". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "encontró", "encuentre", "encontrar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is encontré, spelled E-N-C-O-N-T-R-É.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de encontrar o de encontrarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecnontré
- enccontré
- encnotré
- enconntré
- enconrté
- encontrré
- enconttré
- encontér
- encotnré
- enncontré
- enocntré
- necontré
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encontré - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “encontré”
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-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋkõn̪ˈt̪ɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “encontró” - see the side-by-side comparison. encontré vs encontró
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.