# embark

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪmˈbɑːk/ · frequency rank #17,128

## Definitions
1. To go aboard a craft or vessel for transportation.
2. To start, begin.
3. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
4. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French embarquer, from em- + barque (“small ship”). Compare with Portuguese embarcar, Spanish abarcar.

## Easily confused with
- **ember** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embark-vs-ember)
- **embers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embark-vs-embers)
- **embarked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embark-vs-embarked)
- **embargo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embargo-vs-embark)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ebmark`, `emabrk`, `embakr`, `embarkk`, `embarrk`, `embbark`, `embrak`, `emmbark`, `mebark`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/embark