embarga
[ẽmˈbaɾɣ̞a]
The verdict
“embarga” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,880 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,880
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de embargar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embarga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmˈbaɾɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “embarga” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
embarga is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,880 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmˈbaɾɣ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for embarga, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is embarga, spelled E-M-B-A-R-G-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de embargar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de embargar.
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 “embarga”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-B-A-R-G-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmˈbaɾɣ̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.