enroque

[ẽnˈroke]

/[ẽnˈroke]/ noun

The verdict

“enroque” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #84,830 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#84,830
frequency rank, Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...

Key facts for enroque
PropertyValue
Headwordenroque
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽnˈroke]
Letters7
Frequency rank#84,830
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “enroque” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). enroque lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for enroque is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽnˈroke]. Corpus data places it at rank #84,830 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.

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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Using “enroque”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-R-O-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ẽnˈroke] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list