embolia

/[ẽmˈbolja]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,713

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

embolia is aSpanishnoun. It 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. Pronounced [ẽmˈbolja]. Often confused with Emilia and Ébola.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for embolia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈbolja]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,713 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for embolia, with forms such as "ebmolia", "embbolia", and "embloia". 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 also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Emilia", "Ébola", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 embolia, spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ebmolia,embbolia,embloia,emboila,embolai,embollia,emmbolia,emoblia,emvolia,mebolia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for embolia

Misspelling Variants of "embolia"

ebmolia7embbolia8embloia7emboila7embolai7embollia8emmbolia8emoblia7
Misspelling Variants of "embolia"

Frequency rank: #44,713 in Spanish

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. 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.