embargar
[ẽmbaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“embargar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,858 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,858
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Embarazar, impedir, detener.
Corpus desk
Index ES-embargar · embargar · Spanish
embargar · rank #54,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,858
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH embarazar
Nearest frequency peer: embarazar (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “embargar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- elogiada
elogiada
45,145 corpus weight
- embarazar
embarazar
45,144 corpus weight
- embargar
embargar
45,143 corpus weight
- empobrecida
empobrecida
45,142 corpus weight
- empíricas
empíricas
45,141 corpus weight
- encierros
encierros
45,139 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “embargar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embargar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmbaɾˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “embargar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
embargar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,858 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmbaɾˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for embargar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 embargar, spelled E-M-B-A-R-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Embarazar, impedir, detener.
- 2Suspender, paralizar. Dícese de algunas cosas, como los sentidos, potencias del alma, etc.
- 3Retener una cosa o un bien, en virtud de un mandamiento judicial.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embargar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cuesta imaginar el abatimiento que me embargaba al ver cómo me alejaba de mi querida isla hacia el vasto mar, ….
abren la puerta, y entran a embargar la hacienda de mi amo hasta ser pagados de su deuda. Anduvieron toda la casa y halláronla desembarazada, como he contado.
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); 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).