empecimiento
[ẽmpesiˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“empecimiento” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de empecer
Corpus desk
Index ES-empecimiento · empecimiento · Spanish
empecimiento · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empecimiento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽmpesiˈmjẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “empecimiento” en español
Rare enough to double-check
empecimiento is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ẽmpesiˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción o efecto de empecer".
empecimiento has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is empecimiento, spelled E-M-P-E-C-I-M-I-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de empecer
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.