# embellish

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/ · frequency rank #49,897

## Definitions
1. To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
2. To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
3. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.

## Etymology
From Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, from em- + bel.

## Common misspellings (12)
`ebmellish`, `embbellish`, `embelilsh`, `embelish`, `embellihs`, `embellishh`, `embellissh`, `embellsih`, `emblelish`, `emebllish`, `emmbellish`, `mebellish`

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