ensuciado
[ẽnsuˈsjað̞o]
The verdict
“ensuciado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,117 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,117
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de ensuciar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ensuciado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽnsuˈsjað̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ensuciado” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ensuciado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,117 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽnsuˈsjað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio de ensuciar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ensuciado in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ensuciado, spelled E-N-S-U-C-I-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Participio de ensuciar.
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 “ensuciado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-S-U-C-I-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.