empezado

/[ẽmpeˈsað̞o]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,417

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

empezado is aSpanishverb. It means: Participio de empezar. Pronounced [ẽmpeˈsað̞o]. It ranks #4,417 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with empezó and empezar.

Key facts for empezado
PropertyValue
Headwordempezado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmpeˈsað̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,417
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for empezado is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmpeˈsað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,417 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de empezar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for empezado, with forms such as "emepzado", "emmpezado", and "empeazdo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "empezó", "empezar", "empleado", 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 empezado, spelled E-M-P-E-Z-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de empezar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emepzado,emmpezado,empeazdo,empezaddo,empezaod,empezdao,empezzado,emppezado,empzeado,epmezado,mepezado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empezado

Misspelling Variants of "empezado"

emepzado8emmpezado9empeazdo8empezaddo9empezaod8empezdao8empezzado9emppezado9
Misspelling Variants of "empezado"

Frequency rank: #4,417 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empezado"?
"empezado" is spelled E-M-P-E-Z-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpeˈsað̞o].
What does "empezado" mean?
As a verb, "empezado" means: Participio de empezar.
What words are commonly confused with "empezado"?
"empezado" is commonly confused with "empezó", "empezar", "empleado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empezado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empezado" is [ẽmpeˈsað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empezado" come from?
"empezado" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.