enloquecer

/[ẽnlokeˈseɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#32,190

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

enloquecer is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura. Pronounced [ẽnlokeˈseɾ]. Often confused with enriquecer and enloquece.

Key facts for enloquecer
PropertyValue
Headwordenloquecer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽnlokeˈseɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#32,190
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for enloquecer is 10 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for enloquecer, with forms such as "elnoquecer", "enlloquecer", and "enloqeucer". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "enriquecer", "enloquece", 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 enloquecer, spelled E-N-L-O-Q-U-E-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: elnoquecer,enlloquecer,enloqeucer,enloqquecer,enloquceer,enloqueccer,enloquecerr,enloquecre,enloqueecr,enloqueser,enlouqecer,enlqouecer,ennloquecer,enolquecer,neloquecer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for enloquecer

Misspelling Variants of "enloquecer"

elnoquecer10enlloquecer11enloqeucer10enloqquecer11enloquceer10enloqueccer11enloquecerr11enloquecre10
Misspelling Variants of "enloquecer"

Frequency rank: #32,190 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enloquecer"?
"enloquecer" is spelled E-N-L-O-Q-U-E-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽnlokeˈseɾ].
What does "enloquecer" mean?
As a verb, "enloquecer" means: Hacer que alguien se vuelva loco o pierda el juicio, la cordura, la razón, etc. Causar locura.
What words are commonly confused with "enloquecer"?
"enloquecer" is commonly confused with "enriquecer", "enloquece". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "enloquecer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enloquecer" is [ẽnlokeˈseɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enloquecer" come from?
"enloquecer" 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.