embate
[ẽmˈbat̪e]
The verdict
“embate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,558 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,558
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpe impetuoso del mar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-embate · embate · Spanish
embate · rank #55,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,558
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH emboscadas
Nearest frequency peer: emboscadas (+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 “embate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Dulcinea
Dulcinea
44,448 corpus weight
- eclipsado
eclipsado
44,447 corpus weight
- embate
embate
44,443 corpus weight
- emboscadas
emboscadas
44,442 corpus weight
- empleen
empleen
44,440 corpus weight
- encantando
encantando
44,439 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “embate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽmˈbat̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “embate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
embate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,558 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽmˈbat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for embate, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is embate, spelled E-M-B-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Golpe impetuoso del mar.
- 2Golpe, paliza.
- 3Acometida impetuosa.
- 4Ataque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
y con gemido, oponiéndose al embate, resuenan los acantilados.
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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