empero

/[ẽmˈpeɾo]/ conj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,618

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

empero is aSpanishconj. It means: Conjunción adversativa que se usa, generalmente pospuesta, para introducir una frase que contradice o contrasta con lo antecedente. Pronounced [ẽmˈpeɾo]. Often confused with enero and espero.

Key facts for empero
PropertyValue
Headwordempero
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechConj
IPA[ẽmˈpeɾo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#25,618
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of empero in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for empero is 6 letters long, classified as aconj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈpeɾo]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,618 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Conjunción adversativa que se usa, generalmente pospuesta, para introducir una frase que contradice o contrasta con lo antecedente.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for empero, with forms such as "emepro", "emmpero", and "empeor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "enero", "espero", "espera", 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 empero, spelled E-M-P-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunción adversativa que se usa, generalmente pospuesta, para introducir una frase que contradice o contrasta con lo antecedente.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emepro,emmpero,empeor,emperro,emppero,empreo,epmero,mepero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empero

Misspelling Variants of "empero"

emepro6emmpero7empeor6emperro7emppero7empreo6epmero6mepero6
Misspelling Variants of "empero"

Frequency rank: #25,618 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empero"?
"empero" is spelled E-M-P-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈpeɾo].
What does "empero" mean?
As a conj, "empero" means: Conjunción adversativa que se usa, generalmente pospuesta, para introducir una frase que contradice o contrasta con lo antecedente.
What words are commonly confused with "empero"?
"empero" is commonly confused with "enero", "espero", "espera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empero"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empero" is [ẽmˈpeɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empero" come from?
"empero" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.