empeñamos

[ẽmpeˈɲamos]

/[ẽmpeˈɲamos]/ verb

The verdict

“empeñamos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,945 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,945
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de empeñar o de empeñarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empenamos · empeñamos · Spanish

empeñamos · rank #81,945 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,945
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH empapar

Nearest frequency peer: empapar (-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 “empeñamos”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “empeñamos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for empeñamos
PropertyValue
Headwordempeñamos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmpeˈɲamos]
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,945
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “empeñamos” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).empeñamoscae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “empapar” (#81,944), “emprendidos” (#81,946), “emprendimos” (#81,947). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empeñamos” va en #81,945. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empeñamos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,945 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpeˈɲamos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for empeñamos in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is empeñamos, spelled E-M-P-E-Ñ-A-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de empeñar o de empeñarse.
  2. 2
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empeñar o de empeñarse.

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 "empeñamos"?
"empeñamos" is spelled E-M-P-E-Ñ-A-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpeˈɲamos].
What does "empeñamos" mean?
As a verb, "empeñamos" means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de empeñar o de empeñarse.
How do you pronounce "empeñamos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empeñamos" is [ẽmpeˈɲamos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empeñamos" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list