empezaste
The verdict
“empezaste” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,232 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #18,232
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empezar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empezaste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmpeˈsast̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #18,232 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empezaste” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for empezaste is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmpeˈsast̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,232 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empezar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for empezaste, with forms such as "emepzaste", "emmpezaste", and "empeazste". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "empezaré", 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 empezaste, spelled E-M-P-E-Z-A-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empezar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emepzaste,emmpezaste,empeazste,empezaset,empezasste,empezastte,empezatse,empezsate,empezzaste,emppezaste,empzeaste,epmezaste,mepezaste
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empezaste — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "empezaste"
Frequency rank: #18,232 in Spanish
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Using “empezaste”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-P-E-Z-A-S-T-E — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmpeˈsast̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “empezaré” — see the side-by-side comparison. empezaste vs empezaré
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
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