enema
[eˈnema]
The verdict
“enema” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,997 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,997
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Procedimiento que consiste en introducir líquidos en el recto y el colon a través del ano, usualmente con propósitos terapéuticos o de diagnóstico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-enema · enema · Spanish
enema · rank #59,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,997
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH encontrabas
Nearest frequency peer: encontrabas (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “enema”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- encendí
encendí
40,007 corpus weight
- encendía
encendía
40,006 corpus weight
- encontrabas
encontrabas
40,005 corpus weight
- enema
enema
40,004 corpus weight
- enfadas
enfadas
40,003 corpus weight
- enfriarse
enfriarse
40,002 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “enema” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enema |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈnema] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “enema” en español
Rare enough to double-check
enema is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,997 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈnema]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enema, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is enema, spelled E-N-E-M-A.
Definition
- 1Procedimiento que consiste en introducir líquidos en el recto y el colon a través del ano, usualmente con propósitos terapéuticos o de diagnóstico.
- 2Solución líquida medicada que se introduce en el recto para evacuar las heces del intestino grueso.
- 3Instrumento o utensilio diseñado para realizar este procedimiento.
Synonyms
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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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