empalmé

[ẽmpalˈme]

/[ẽmpalˈme]/ verb

The verdict

“empalmé” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empalmar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empalme · empalmé · Spanish

empalmé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 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.

Key facts for empalmé
PropertyValue
Headwordempalmé
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmpalˈme]
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “empalmé” en español

empalméqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empalmé is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpalˈme]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empalmar.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for empalmé, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 empalmé, spelled E-M-P-A-L-M-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empalmar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empalmé"?
"empalmé" is spelled E-M-P-A-L-M-É. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpalˈme].
What does "empalmé" mean?
As a verb, "empalmé" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empalmar.
How do you pronounce "empalmé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empalmé" is [ẽmpalˈme]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empalmé" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list