empalmar

[ẽmpalˈmaɾ]

/[ẽmpalˈmaɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“empalmar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,935 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,935
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Juntar dos cosas como maderos, sogas o tubos, por sus extremos, acoplándolas o entrelazándolas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empalmar · empalmar · Spanish

empalmar · rank #80,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,935
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH embaucador

Nearest frequency peer: embaucador (-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 “empalmar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “empalmar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for empalmar
PropertyValue
Headwordempalmar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmpalˈmaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#80,935
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “empalmar” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).empalmarcae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “embaucador” (#80,934), “empapelar” (#80,936), “embarcando” (#80,933). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empalmar” va en #80,935. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empalmar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,935 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpalˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for empalmar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is empalmar, spelled E-M-P-A-L-M-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Juntar dos cosas como maderos, sogas o tubos, por sus extremos, acoplándolas o entrelazándolas.
  2. 2
    Ligar o combinar planes, ideas, acciones, u otras cosas.
  3. 3
    Poner la herradura a un caballo, o el callo a un buey.

Synonyms

herrar

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 "empalmar"?
"empalmar" is spelled E-M-P-A-L-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpalˈmaɾ].
What does "empalmar" mean?
As a verb, "empalmar" means: Juntar dos cosas como maderos, sogas o tubos, por sus extremos, acoplándolas o entrelazándolas.
How do you pronounce "empalmar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empalmar" is [ẽmpalˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empalmar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

echarían#80,920entérese#80,954epopeyas#80,957espadaña#80,968

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list