embarazar
[ẽmbaɾaˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“embarazar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #54,857 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #54,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Impedir o retardar alguna cosa.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embarazar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmbaɾaˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “embarazar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for embarazar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmbaɾaˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,857 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for embarazar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is embarazar, spelled E-M-B-A-R-A-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Impedir o retardar alguna cosa.
- 2Dejar embarazada a una persona.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “embarazar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-B-A-R-A-Z-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmbaɾaˈsaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.