empapadas
[ẽmpaˈpað̞as]
The verdict
“empapadas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,541 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a participle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,541
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de empapado, participio de empapar o de empaparse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-empapadas · empapadas · Spanish
empapadas · rank #61,541 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,541
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 101,141
- PHOTO-FINISH emocionarse
Nearest frequency peer: emocionarse (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “empapadas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- eludió
eludió
38,463 corpus weight
- emitían
emitían
38,462 corpus weight
- emocionarse
emocionarse
38,461 corpus weight
- empapadas
empapadas
38,460 corpus weight
- Encalada
Encalada
38,457 corpus weight
- encaran
encaran
38,456 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “empapadas” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empapadas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [ẽmpaˈpað̞as] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empapadas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empapadas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,541 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as aparticiple, transcribed [ẽmpaˈpað̞as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino plural de empapado, participio de empapar o de empaparse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for empapadas in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 empapadas, spelled E-M-P-A-P-A-D-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino plural de empapado, participio de empapar o de empaparse.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.