empalagoso
[ẽmpalaˈɣ̞oso]
The verdict
“empalagoso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,525 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,525
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de un alimento que empalaga (causa fastidio o hastío), usualmente por ser demasiado dulce.
Corpus desk
Index ES-empalagoso · empalagoso · Spanish
empalagoso · rank #68,525 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,525
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH emitimos
Nearest frequency peer: emitimos (-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 “empalagoso”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- embaucar
embaucar
31,479 corpus weight
- embestidas
embestidas
31,478 corpus weight
- emitimos
emitimos
31,477 corpus weight
- empalagoso
empalagoso
31,476 corpus weight
- empezase
empezase
31,475 corpus weight
- empujaban
empujaban
31,474 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “empalagoso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empalagoso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ẽmpalaˈɣ̞oso] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #68,525 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “empalagoso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
empalagoso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,525 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ẽmpalaˈɣ̞oso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for empalagoso in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is empalagoso, spelled E-M-P-A-L-A-G-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de un alimento que empalaga (causa fastidio o hastío), usualmente por ser demasiado dulce.
- 2Se dice de alguien que causa fastidio por ser excesiva o afectadamente dulce o amable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empalagoso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Generalmente el exceso de azúcar resulta demasiado empalagoso.
Tu amiga es una empalagosa, me aburre por ser excesivamente cariñosa
Antonyms
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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