empecinarse
[ẽmpesiˈnaɾse]
The verdict
“empecinarse” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Empeñarse con obstinación.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empecinarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmpesiˈnaɾse] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empecinarse” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empecinarse is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpesiˈnaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Empeñarse con obstinación.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for empecinarse, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 empecinarse, spelled E-M-P-E-C-I-N-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Empeñarse con obstinación.
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.
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Using “empecinarse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-P-E-C-I-N-A-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmpesiˈnaɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.