enlentecer
[ẽnlẽn̪t̪eˈseɾ]
The verdict
“enlentecer” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Disminuir la velocidad o ritmo de un proceso, actividad u operación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-enlentecer · enlentecer · Spanish
enlentecer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | enlentecer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnlẽn̪t̪eˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “enlentecer” en español
Rare enough to double-check
enlentecer is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽnlẽn̪t̪eˈseɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Disminuir la velocidad o ritmo de un proceso, actividad u operación.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for enlentecer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 enlentecer, spelled E-N-L-E-N-T-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Disminuir la velocidad o ritmo de un proceso, actividad u operación.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how enlentecer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El equipo que iba ganando recibió la consigna de enlentecer el juego.
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.