empeñó
[ẽmpeˈɲo]
The verdict
“empeñó” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,289 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,289
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empeñar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empeñó |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmpeˈɲo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empeñó” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empeñó is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,289 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpeˈɲo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empeñar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for empeñó, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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. The correct Spanish form is empeñó, spelled E-M-P-E-Ñ-Ó.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empeñar.
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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Using “empeñó”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-P-E-Ñ-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmpeˈɲo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.