Enrique
[ẽnˈrike]
The verdict
“Enrique” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,207 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #2,207
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de varón
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 | Enrique |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ẽnˈrike] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Enrique” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Enrique is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽnˈrike]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,207 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Enrique, with forms such as "enirque", "ennrique", and "enriqeu". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Enríquez", "enriquece", "Enriqueta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Enrique, spelled E-N-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de varón
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enirque,ennrique,enriqeu,enriqque,enriuqe,enrqiue,enrrique,ernique,nerique
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Enrique - 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 “Enrique”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-R-I-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽnˈrike] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Enríquez” - see the side-by-side comparison. Enrique vs Enríquez
- 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.