empezad

[ẽmpeˈsað̞]

/[ẽmpeˈsað̞]/ verb

The verdict

“empezad” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,381 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,381
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de empezar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empezad · empezad · Spanish

empezad · rank #98,381 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,381
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH empecéis

Nearest frequency peer: empecéis (-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 “empezad”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for empezad
PropertyValue
Headwordempezad
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmpeˈsað̞]
Letters7
Frequency rank#98,381
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “empezad” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.empezadcae 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: “empecéis” (#98,380), “empapelado” (#98,379), “emoticón” (#98,378). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empezad” va en #98,381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empezad is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,381 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpeˈsað̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de empezar.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for empezad in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 empezad, spelled E-M-P-E-Z-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de empezar.

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 "empezad"?
"empezad" is spelled E-M-P-E-Z-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpeˈsað̞].
What does "empezad" mean?
As a verb, "empezad" means: Segunda persona del plural (vosotros, vosotras) del imperativo afirmativo de empezar.
How do you pronounce "empezad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empezad" is [ẽmpeˈsað̞]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empezad" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list