embalsamar
[ẽmbalsaˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“embalsamar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Preparar o tratar un cadáver con determinadas sustancias para evitar su descomposición.
Corpus desk
Index ES-embalsamar · embalsamar · Spanish
embalsamar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embalsamar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmbalsaˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “embalsamar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
embalsamar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmbalsaˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Preparar o tratar un cadáver con determinadas sustancias para evitar su descomposición.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for embalsamar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is embalsamar, spelled E-M-B-A-L-S-A-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Preparar o tratar un cadáver con determinadas sustancias para evitar su descomposición.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.