enroque

[ẽnˈroke]

/[ẽnˈroke]/ noun

The verdict

“enroque” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,830 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,830
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Movimiento en el juego de ajedrez en el que el rey y una de sus torre se mueven simultaneamente. El rey se mueve hacia la torre dos casillas y la torre hacia el rey hasta quedar en la casilla inmed...

Corpus desk

Index ES-enroque · enroque · Spanish

enroque · rank #84,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,830
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH enología

Nearest frequency peer: enología (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “enroque”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “enroque” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for enroque
PropertyValue
Headwordenroque
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽnˈroke]
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,830
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “enroque” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).enroquecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “enología” (#84,829), “enseñemos” (#84,831), “ensimismado” (#84,832). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “enroque” va en #84,830. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

enroque is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,830 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽnˈroke]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for enroque, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 enroque, spelled E-N-R-O-Q-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Movimiento en el juego de ajedrez en el que el rey y una de sus torre se mueven simultaneamente. El rey se mueve hacia la torre dos casillas y la torre hacia el rey hasta quedar en la casilla inmediatamente posterior al rey.
  2. 2
    Por extensión intercambio de posiciones con un propósito estratégico.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how enroque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En lo que representó un enroque de funcionarios, Miguel Alessio Robles fue nombrado ayer consejero jurídico.

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "enroque"?
"enroque" is spelled E-N-R-O-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽnˈroke].
What does "enroque" mean?
As a noun, "enroque" means: Movimiento en el juego de ajedrez en el que el rey y una de sus torre se mueven simultaneamente. El rey se mueve hacia la torre dos casillas y la torre hacia el rey hasta quedar en la casilla inmed...
How do you pronounce "enroque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "enroque" is [ẽnˈroke]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "enroque" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "enroque", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list