enclave
/ẽ.ˈkla.vɨ/
The verdict
“enclave” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #28,562 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #28,562
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - território cujas fronteiras geográficas ficam inteiramente dentro dos limites de um outro território
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 | enclave |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ẽ.ˈkla.vɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #28,562 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “enclave” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for enclave is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ẽ.ˈkla.vɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,562 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "território cujas fronteiras geográficas ficam inteiramente dentro dos limites de um outro território".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for enclave, with forms such as "ecnlave", "encalve", and "encclave". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "enlace", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is enclave, spelled E-N-C-L-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1território cujas fronteiras geográficas ficam inteiramente dentro dos limites de um outro território
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ecnlave,encalve,encclave,enclaev,enclavve,encllave,enclvae,enlcave,ennclave,neclave
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of enclave - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “enclave”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-N-C-L-A-V-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ẽ.ˈkla.vɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “enlace” - see the side-by-side comparison. enclave vs enlace
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.