empeña
[ẽmˈpeɲa]
The verdict
“empeña” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #34,086 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #34,086
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de empeñar o de empeñarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empeña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmˈpeɲa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #34,086 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empeña” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for empeña is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈpeɲa]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,086 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for empeña, with forms such as "emepña", "emmpeña", and "empeañ". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "España", "espera", "empezó", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is empeña, spelled E-M-P-E-Ñ-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de empeñar o de empeñarse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de empeñar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emepña,emmpeña,empeañ,emppeña,empñea,epmeña,mepeña
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empeña - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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PlainSpell, “empeña, Spanish word data” (May 6, 2026). Derived from Wiktionary (kaikki.org, CC BY-SA) and an open word-frequency list. https://plainspell.com/es/palabra/empena
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Using “empeña”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-P-E-Ñ-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmˈpeɲa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “España” - see the side-by-side comparison. empeña vs España
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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