enhilar

[ẽniˈlaɾ]

/[ẽniˈlaɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“enhilar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pasar la hebra por el ojo de la aguja u otros objetos al coser.

Corpus desk

Index ES-enhilar · enhilar · Spanish

enhilar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for enhilar
PropertyValue
Headwordenhilar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽniˈlaɾ]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “enhilar” en español

enhilarqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enhilar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽniˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for enhilar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 enhilar, spelled E-N-H-I-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pasar la hebra por el ojo de la aguja u otros objetos al coser.
  2. 2
    Ordenar las ideas y tesis de un texto, generalmente en uno argumentativo.
  3. 3
    Encauzar, orientar o dirigir algo.
  4. 4
    Poner algo en fila.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how enhilar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le pusieron al mando para enhilar a los jóvenes por el buen camino.

Synonyms

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enhilar"?
"enhilar" is spelled E-N-H-I-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽniˈlaɾ].
What does "enhilar" mean?
As a verb, "enhilar" means: Pasar la hebra por el ojo de la aguja u otros objetos al coser.
How do you pronounce "enhilar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enhilar" is [ẽniˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enhilar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list