embolia
[ẽmˈbolja]
The verdict
“embolia” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #44,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,713
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oclusión parcial o total de un vaso sanguíneo causada por un émbolo, que impide la continuación de la circulación en el propio vaso y hacia otros vasos menores.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embolia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽmˈbolja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #44,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “embolia” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around embolia (IPA [ẽmˈbolja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,713 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Oclusión parcial o total de un vaso sanguíneo causada por un émbolo, que impide la continuación de la circulación en el propio vaso y hacia otros vasos menores.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for embolia, with forms such as "ebmolia", "embbolia", and "embloia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Emilia", "Ébola", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is embolia, spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Oclusión parcial o total de un vaso sanguíneo causada por un émbolo, que impide la continuación de la circulación en el propio vaso y hacia otros vasos menores.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ebmolia,embbolia,embloia,emboila,embolai,embollia,emmbolia,emoblia,emvolia,mebolia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embolia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “embolia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-B-O-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmˈbolja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Emilia” - see the side-by-side comparison. embolia vs Emilia
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.