engrasar
[ẽŋgɾaˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“engrasar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,747 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,747
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aplicar o embarrar grasa, en especial para reducir la fricción.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | engrasar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽŋgɾaˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “engrasar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
engrasar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,747 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽŋgɾaˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aplicar o embarrar grasa, en especial para reducir la fricción.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for engrasar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 engrasar, spelled E-N-G-R-A-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Aplicar o embarrar grasa, en especial para reducir la fricción.
This word in other languages
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 “engrasar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-G-R-A-S-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽŋgɾaˈsaɾ] (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.