empeñó

[ẽmpeˈɲo]

/[ẽmpeˈɲo]/ verb

The verdict

“empeñó” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,289 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,289
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empeñar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empeno · empeñó · Spanish

empeñó · rank #56,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,289
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH empeoraron

Nearest frequency peer: empeoraron (-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 “empeñó”

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 “empeñó” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for empeñó
PropertyValue
Headwordempeñó
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmpeˈɲo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,289
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “empeñó” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).empeñócae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “empeoraron” (#56,288), “empobrece” (#56,290), “enchiladas” (#56,291). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empeñó” va en #56,289. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empeñó is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,289 among 5,243 “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

  1. 1
    Tercera 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empeñó"?
"empeñó" is spelled E-M-P-E-Ñ-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpeˈɲo].
What does "empeñó" mean?
As a verb, "empeñó" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empeñar.
How do you pronounce "empeñó"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empeñó" is [ẽmpeˈɲo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empeñó" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list