encuesta
[ẽŋˈkwest̪a]
The verdict
“encuesta” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,711 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,711
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de medidas tomadas para averiguar la verdad acerca de un hecho o asunto, especialmente judicial.
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 | encuesta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽŋˈkwest̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “encuesta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for encuesta is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽŋˈkwest̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,711 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for encuesta, with forms such as "ecnuesta", "enccuesta", and "enceusta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "expuesta", "envuelta", "encuestas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 encuesta, spelled E-N-C-U-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de medidas tomadas para averiguar la verdad acerca de un hecho o asunto, especialmente judicial.
- 2En particular, encuesta₁ realizada mediante la aplicación de cuestionarios estandarizados a una muestra relativamente extensa de la población a investigar, con el propósito de extraer inferencias estadísticas.
- 3Formulario empleado en una encuesta₂.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecnuesta,enccuesta,enceusta,encuesat,encuessta,encuestta,encuetsa,encuseta,enncuesta,enucesta,necuesta
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encuesta - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “encuesta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-C-U-E-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋˈkwest̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “expuesta” - see the side-by-side comparison. encuesta vs expuesta
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.