enlace

/[ẽnˈlase]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,341

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

enlace is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción y efecto de enlazar o enlazarse. Pronounced [ẽnˈlase]. It ranks #2,341 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with envase and enlaza.

Key facts for enlace
PropertyValue
Headwordenlace
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽnˈlase]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,341
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of enlace in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for enlace is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽnˈlase]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,341 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for enlace, with forms such as "elnace", "enalce", and "enlacce". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "envase", "enlaza", "enlaces", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is enlace, spelled E-N-L-A-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de enlazar o enlazarse.
  2. 2
    Punto o parte en que dos cosas se enlazan.
  3. 3
    Persona o entidad que cumple el papel de intermediario en una organización.
  4. 4
    Punto de un recorrido en que los viajeros deben cambiar de vehículo o medio de transporte.
  5. 5
    Rito o sacramento por el cual las personas se unen en matrimonio de acuerdo a las prescripciones de su fe.
  6. 6
    Fiesta con la que se celebra el enlace₅.
  7. 7
    Grabado o bordado de un monograma conyugal que se aplica a los enseres de su ajuar.
  8. 8
    Enlace₂ entre dos átomos que forman parte de una molécula.
  9. 9
    Referencia cruzada en un documento informático que puede activarse para acceder al documento referido.
  10. 10
    En la técnica de resolución de circuitos por variables de estado, cada una de las aristas del coárbol.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elnace,enalce,enlacce,enlaec,enlase,enlcae,enllace,ennlace,nelace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enlace

Misspelling Variants of "enlace"

elnace6enalce6enlacce7enlaec6enlase6enlcae6enllace7ennlace7
Misspelling Variants of "enlace"

Frequency rank: #2,341 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enlace"?
"enlace" is spelled E-N-L-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽnˈlase].
What does "enlace" mean?
As a noun, "enlace" means: Acción y efecto de enlazar o enlazarse.
What words are commonly confused with "enlace"?
"enlace" is commonly confused with "envase", "enlaza", "enlaces". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enlace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enlace" is [ẽnˈlase]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enlace" come from?
"enlace" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.