embolia

[ẽmˈbolja]

/[ẽmˈbolja]/ noun

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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
5,243
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.

Corpus desk

Index ES-embolia · embolia · Spanish

embolia · rank #44,713 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,713
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH eliminarse

Nearest frequency peer: eliminarse (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “embolia”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “embolia” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

embolia vs Emilia
57% similar
embolia vs Ébola
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for embolia
PropertyValue
Headwordembolia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽmˈbolja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,713
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “embolia”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).emboliacae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “eliminarse” (#44,712), “encantaban” (#44,714), “encantamiento” (#44,715). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “embolia” va en #44,713. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around embolia (IPA [ẽmˈbolja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,713 among 5,243 “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

  1. 1
    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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Los síntomas de la embolia dependen del vaso sanguíneo obstruido. En general, los síntomas de una embolia son dolores repentinos. El émbolo impide el suministro sanguíneo impidiendo la función del órgano afectado o produciendo la muerte del tejido. En las zonas del cuerpo que disponen de buena circulación colateral, puede aparecer una pequeña embolia sin…

Synonyms

émbolo

This word in other languages

embolism(English)embolie(Français)Embolie(Deutsch)embolia(Português)

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.

ebmolia2embbolia1embloia2emboila2embolai2embollia1emmbolia1emoblia2
Edit distance from "embolia"

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 "embolia"?
"embolia" is spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈbolja].
What does "embolia" mean?
As a noun, "embolia" means: 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.
What words are commonly confused with "embolia"?
"embolia" is commonly confused with "Emilia", "Ébola". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "embolia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embolia" is [ẽmˈbolja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embolia" come from?
"embolia" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

escapen10 variantsesconda10 variantsdeviene10 variantsespresso10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list