empezás

[ẽmpeˈsas]

/[ẽmpeˈsas]/ verb

The verdict

“empezás” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,601 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,601
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de empezar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empezas · empezás · Spanish

empezás · rank #73,601 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,601
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH empeoraba

Nearest frequency peer: empeoraba (-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 “empezás”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for empezás
PropertyValue
Headwordempezás
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmpeˈsas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#73,601
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “empezás” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).empezáscae en esta cola de rareza:

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

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “empeoraba” (#73,600), “empodera” (#73,602), “embarrada” (#73,599). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empezás” va en #73,601. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empezás is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,601 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmpeˈsas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de empezar.".

Zero misspellings are on record for empezás in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is empezás, spelled E-M-P-E-Z-Á-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo 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 "empezás"?
"empezás" is spelled E-M-P-E-Z-Á-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpeˈsas].
What does "empezás" mean?
As a verb, "empezás" means: Segunda persona del singular (vos) del presente de indicativo de empezar.
How do you pronounce "empezás"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empezás" is [ẽmpeˈsas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empezás" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "empezás", 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