encubre
[ẽŋˈkuβ̞ɾe]
The verdict
“encubre” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,892 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,892
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encubrir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | encubre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋˈkuβ̞ɾe] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,892 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encubre” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
encubre is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,892 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋˈkuβ̞ɾe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for encubre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is encubre, spelled E-N-C-U-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de encubrir.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de encubrir.
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 “encubre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-U-B-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋˈkuβ̞ɾe] (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.