empeñarse
[ẽmpeˈɲaɾse]
The verdict
“empeñarse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,887 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,887
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dedicarse a algo movido por un gran deseo o empeño₂.
Corpus desk
Index ES-empenarse · empeñarse · Spanish
empeñarse · rank #91,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,887
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH enamoraba
Nearest frequency peer: enamoraba (+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 “empeñarse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- elma
elma
8,118 corpus weight
- empalmado
empalmado
8,116 corpus weight
- empeñarse
empeñarse
8,114 corpus weight
- enamoraba
enamoraba
8,113 corpus weight
- enamórate
enamórate
8,112 corpus weight
- encadenan
encadenan
8,111 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “empeñarse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empeñarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmpeˈɲaɾse] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “empeñarse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
empeñarse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,887 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpeˈɲaɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
empeñarse has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is empeñarse, spelled E-M-P-E-Ñ-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Dedicarse a algo movido por un gran deseo o empeño₂.
- 2Esforzarse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empeñarse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Las empresas se están empeñando en introducir estas tecnologías, con excelentes resultados.
Pero para una verdadera acción de solidaridad no basta con empeñarse en garantizar a los jóvenes de todo el mundo sólo lo necesario para sobrevivir.
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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