embajador

/[ẽmbaxaˈð̞oɾ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,625

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

embajador is aSpanishnoun. It means: Diplomático, funcionario responsable de la representación oficial de una nación, acreditado generalmente ante otro estado. Pronounced [ẽmbaxaˈð̞oɾ]. It ranks #3,625 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with embajadora and embajadores.

Key facts for embajador
PropertyValue
Headwordembajador
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽmbaxaˈð̞oɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,625
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of embajador in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for embajador is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmbaxaˈð̞oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,625 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for embajador, with forms such as "ebmajador", "emabjador", and "embaajdor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "embajadora", "embajadores", "embajada", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is embajador, spelled E-M-B-A-J-A-D-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diplomático, funcionario responsable de la representación oficial de una nación, acreditado generalmente ante otro estado.
  2. 2
    Emisario, persona enviada a llevar un mensaje o examinar un asunto.
  3. 3
    Persona o cosa que se considera representativa de una región o cultura por encarnar un elemento característico.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ebmajador,emabjador,embaajdor,embajaddor,embajadorr,embajadro,embajaodr,embajdaor,embajjador,embbajador,embjaador,emmbajador,emvajador,mebajador

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for embajador

Misspelling Variants of "embajador"

ebmajador9emabjador9embaajdor9embajaddor10embajadorr10embajadro9embajaodr9embajdaor9
Misspelling Variants of "embajador"

Frequency rank: #3,625 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embajador"?
"embajador" is spelled E-M-B-A-J-A-D-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmbaxaˈð̞oɾ].
What does "embajador" mean?
As a noun, "embajador" means: Diplomático, funcionario responsable de la representación oficial de una nación, acreditado generalmente ante otro estado.
What words are commonly confused with "embajador"?
"embajador" is commonly confused with "embajadora", "embajadores", "embajada". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "embajador"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embajador" is [ẽmbaxaˈð̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embajador" come from?
"embajador" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.