embarcación

/[ẽmbaɾkaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,601

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

embarcación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Medio de transporte acuático capaz de flotar constituido básicamente por una construcción cóncava. Pronounced [ẽmbaɾkaˈsjõn]. Often confused with embarcaron and embarcaciones.

Key facts for embarcación
PropertyValue
Headwordembarcación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽmbaɾkaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#15,601
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for embarcación is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmbaɾkaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,601 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for embarcación, with forms such as "ebmarcación", "emabrcación", and "embacración". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "embarcaron", "embarcaciones", 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 embarcación, spelled E-M-B-A-R-C-A-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Medio de transporte acuático capaz de flotar constituido básicamente por una construcción cóncava.
  2. 2
    Ancho de una nave tomado sobre una perpendicular a la eslora distante de la proa la octava parte de la eslora.
  3. 3
    Cabo que hay en cada uno de los puños bajos de las velas mayores de cruz y en el bajo de proa de todas las de cuchillo, para llevarlos hacia proa y afirmarlos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ebmarcación,emabrcación,embacración,embaracción,embarcacción,embarcacinó,embarcaciónn,embarcacóin,embarcaicón,embarcasión,embarccación,embarccaión,embarrcación,embbarcación,embracación,emmbarcación,emvarcación,mebarcación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for embarcación

Misspelling Variants of "embarcación"

ebmarcación11emabrcación11embacración11embaracción11embarcacción12embarcacinó11embarcaciónn12embarcacóin11
Misspelling Variants of "embarcación"

Frequency rank: #15,601 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embarcación"?
"embarcación" is spelled E-M-B-A-R-C-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmbaɾkaˈsjõn].
What does "embarcación" mean?
As a noun, "embarcación" means: Medio de transporte acuático capaz de flotar constituido básicamente por una construcción cóncava.
What words are commonly confused with "embarcación"?
"embarcación" is commonly confused with "embarcaron", "embarcaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "embarcación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embarcación" is [ẽmbaɾkaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embarcación" come from?
"embarcación" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.