empatía

[ẽmpaˈt̪ia]

/[ẽmpaˈt̪ia]/ noun

The verdict

“empatía” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,495
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Identificación emocional e intelectual con los sentimientos, pensamientos, o actitudes de otros.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empatia · empatía · Spanish

empatía · rank #10,495 · 9 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,495
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH echaron

Nearest frequency peer: echaron (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “empatía”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “empatía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

empatía vs emitía
71% similar
empatía vs empatar
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for empatía
PropertyValue
Headwordempatía
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽmpaˈt̪ia]
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,495
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “empatía”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).empatíacae aquí:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “echaron” (#10,494), “enseñando” (#10,496), “dominicano” (#10,493). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empatía” va en #10,495. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around empatía (IPA [ẽmpaˈt̪ia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,495 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for empatía, with forms such as "emaptía", "emmpatía", and "empataí". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "emitía", "empatar", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is empatía, spelled E-M-P-A-T-Í-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Identificación emocional e intelectual con los sentimientos, pensamientos, o actitudes de otros.
  2. 2
    Comprensión intuitiva del otro que nace de esta identificación.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how empatía appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. —Sí, pero al menos tengo buen insight y eso me sirve para ver el conflicto. Y sea como sea, Panchita me calienta, es un minón, qué querés que te diga, y hay empatía, viste? Cuando estamos juntos hay un rapport bárbaro.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emaptía
  • emmpatía
  • empataí
  • empattía
  • empaíta
  • emppatía
  • emptaía
  • epmatía
  • mepatía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empatía - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emaptía2emmpatía1empataí2empattía1empaíta2emppatía1emptaía2epmatía2
Edit distance from "empatía"

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 "empatía"?
"empatía" is spelled E-M-P-A-T-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpaˈt̪ia].
What does "empatía" mean?
As a noun, "empatía" means: Identificación emocional e intelectual con los sentimientos, pensamientos, o actitudes de otros.
What words are commonly confused with "empatía"?
"empatía" is commonly confused with "emitía", "empatar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empatía"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empatía" is [ẽmpaˈt̪ia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empatía" come from?
"empatía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list