emboscar
[ẽmbosˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“emboscar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ocultar o esconder uno o varios soldados para atacar por sorpresa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-emboscar · emboscar · Spanish
emboscar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | emboscar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmbosˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “emboscar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
emboscar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmbosˈkaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for emboscar, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is emboscar, spelled E-M-B-O-S-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ocultar o esconder uno o varios soldados para atacar por sorpresa.
- 2Esconderse o refugiarse en la espesura del paraje.
- 3Ocultarse para sustraerse al cumplimiento de una obligación o responsabilidad.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.