empapar
[ẽmpaˈpaɾ]
The verdict
“empapar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,944 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,944
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Impregnar bien de líquido algo; ponerlo mojado; saturarlo de líquido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-empapar · empapar · Spanish
empapar · rank #81,944 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,944
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH empeñamos
Nearest frequency peer: empeñamos (+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 “empapar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Elva
Elva
18,060 corpus weight
- emergía
emergía
18,059 corpus weight
- empapar
empapar
18,057 corpus weight
- empeñamos
empeñamos
18,056 corpus weight
- emprendidos
emprendidos
18,055 corpus weight
- emprendimos
emprendimos
18,054 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “empapar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empapar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmpaˈpaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,944 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “empapar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
empapar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,944 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpaˈpaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for empapar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 empapar, spelled E-M-P-A-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1Impregnar bien de líquido algo; ponerlo mojado; saturarlo de líquido.
- 2Referido a un líquido, penetrar, permear, impregnar o calar los poros de un cuerpo.
- 3Pasar un cuerpo esponjoso o poroso (como un paño) sobre un líquido para absorberlo o chuparlo.
- 4Referido a una idea u otra cosa inmaterial, llenar o penetrar algo, en particular una época, un estado mental, una percepción, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empapar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pero si se trata de una quemadura grave, hay que empapar en aceite una gasa esterilizada, y ponerla sobre la herida
El agua gélida del Wila la empapó, penetró en su nariz y su sabor amargo le empapó la lengua
Antonyms
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); 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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