embellecer

/[ẽmbeʝeˈseɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,096

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

embellecer is aSpanishverb. It means: Hacer algo estéticamente más bonito o más bello, añadiéndole detalles u ornamentos o efectuando una acción de maquillaje. Pronounced [ẽmbeʝeˈseɾ].

Key facts for embellecer
PropertyValue
Headwordembellecer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmbeʝeˈseɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,096
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for embellecer is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmbeʝeˈseɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,096 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hacer algo estéticamente más bonito o más bello, añadiéndole detalles u ornamentos o efectuando una acción de maquillaje.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for embellecer, with forms such as "ebmellecer", "embbellecer", and "embelecer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 embellecer, spelled E-M-B-E-L-L-E-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hacer algo estéticamente más bonito o más bello, añadiéndole detalles u ornamentos o efectuando una acción de maquillaje.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ebmellecer,embbellecer,embelecer,embelelcer,embellceer,embelleccer,embellecerr,embellecre,embelleecr,embelleser,emblelecer,emebllecer,emmbellecer,emvellecer,mebellecer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for embellecer

Misspelling Variants of "embellecer"

ebmellecer10embbellecer11embelecer9embelelcer10embellceer10embelleccer11embellecerr11embellecre10
Misspelling Variants of "embellecer"

Frequency rank: #47,096 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embellecer"?
"embellecer" is spelled E-M-B-E-L-L-E-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmbeʝeˈseɾ].
What does "embellecer" mean?
As a verb, "embellecer" means: Hacer algo estéticamente más bonito o más bello, añadiéndole detalles u ornamentos o efectuando una acción de maquillaje.
What are common misspellings of "embellecer"?
Common misspellings include "ebmellecer", "embbellecer", "embelecer", "embelelcer", "embellceer". The correct spelling is "embellecer".
How do you pronounce "embellecer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embellecer" is [ẽmbeʝeˈseɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embellecer" come from?
"embellecer" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.