enloquecer
[ẽnlokeˈseɾ]
The verdict
“enloquecer” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #32,190 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #32,190
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura.
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 | enloquecer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnlokeˈseɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #32,190 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enloquecer” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for enloquecer is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽnlokeˈseɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #32,190 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for enloquecer, with forms such as "elnoquecer", "enlloquecer", and "enloqeucer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "enriquecer", "enloquece", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is enloquecer, spelled E-N-L-O-Q-U-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: elnoquecer,enlloquecer,enloqeucer,enloqquecer,enloquceer,enloqueccer,enloquecerr,enloquecre,enloqueecr,enloqueser,enlouqecer,enlqouecer,ennloquecer,enolquecer,neloquecer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enloquecer - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “enloquecer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-L-O-Q-U-E-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽnlokeˈseɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “enriquecer” - see the side-by-side comparison. enloquecer vs enriquecer
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.