embobado

[ẽmboˈβ̞að̞o]

/[ẽmboˈβ̞að̞o]/ verb

The verdict

“embobado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,028 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,028
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participio de embobar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-embobado · embobado · Spanish

embobado · rank #80,028 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,028
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH embarcamos

Nearest frequency peer: embarcamos (-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 “embobado”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “embobado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for embobado
PropertyValue
Headwordembobado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmboˈβ̞að̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,028
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “embobado” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).embobadocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “embarcamos” (#80,027), “empapa” (#80,029), “embarazosas” (#80,026). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “embobado” va en #80,028. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

embobado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,028 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmboˈβ̞að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio de embobar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for embobado, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is embobado, spelled E-M-B-O-B-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de embobar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how embobado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La voz de su tía Ninkilisu le había llegado mientras estaba embobado, mirando una gran nube en forma de asno que se deslizaba lenta por encima de su cabeza.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embobado"?
"embobado" is spelled E-M-B-O-B-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmboˈβ̞að̞o].
What does "embobado" mean?
As a verb, "embobado" means: Participio de embobar.
How do you pronounce "embobado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embobado" is [ẽmboˈβ̞að̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embobado" come from?
"embobado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "embobado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list