engranaje
[ẽŋgɾaˈnaxe]
The verdict
“engranaje” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #30,452. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,452
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de engranar.
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 | engranaje |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽŋgɾaˈnaxe] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #30,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “engranaje” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around engranaje (IPA [ẽŋgɾaˈnaxe]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,452 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for engranaje, with forms such as "egnranaje", "engarnaje", and "enggranaje". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "engranajes", 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is engranaje, spelled E-N-G-R-A-N-A-J-E.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de engranar.
- 2Mecanismo que tiene dos o más ruedas dentadas, que se utiliza para transmitir potencia mecánica de un componente a otro.
- 3Cada una de las ruedas de un engranaje.
- 4Conexión de ideas.
- 5Persona cuya intervención es o fue fundamental para la consecución de un objetivo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: egnranaje,engarnaje,enggranaje,engraanje,engranaej,engranajje,engranjae,engrannaje,engrnaaje,engrranaje,enngranaje,enrganaje,negranaje
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of engranaje - 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 “engranaje”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-G-R-A-N-A-J-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋgɾaˈnaxe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “engranajes” - see the side-by-side comparison. engranaje vs engranajes
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.