empiece

[ẽmˈpjese]

/[ẽmˈpjese]/ noun

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The verdict

“empiece” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,397. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,397
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Principio.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empiece · empiece · Spanish

empiece · rank #6,397 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,397
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH ejemplar

Nearest frequency peer: ejemplar (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “empiece”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “empiece” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

empiece vs empire
71% similar
empiece vs emplee
71% similar
empiece vs empieza
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for empiece
PropertyValue
Headwordempiece
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽmˈpjese]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,397
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “empiece”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.empiececae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ejemplar” (#6,396), “entendemos” (#6,398), “dominante” (#6,395). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empiece” va en #6,397. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around empiece (IPA [ẽmˈpjese]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,397 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Principio.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for empiece, with forms such as "emipece", "emmpiece", and "empeice". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "empire", "emplee", "empieza", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is empiece, spelled E-M-P-I-E-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Principio.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how empiece appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. El corrector se aplica en todo el contorno de ojos llegando incluso hasta el empiece del pómulo para dar más luminosidad.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emipece
  • emmpiece
  • empeice
  • empicee
  • empiecce
  • empieec
  • empiese
  • emppiece
  • epmiece
  • mepiece

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empiece - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emipece2emmpiece1empeice2empicee2empiecce1empieec2empiese1emppiece1
Edit distance from "empiece"

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 "empiece"?
"empiece" is spelled E-M-P-I-E-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈpjese].
What does "empiece" mean?
As a noun, "empiece" means: Principio.
What words are commonly confused with "empiece"?
"empiece" is commonly confused with "empire", "emplee", "empieza". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empiece"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empiece" is [ẽmˈpjese]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empiece" come from?
"empiece" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

fundado#6,410futuras#6,413generan#6,414ahorita#6,376

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

tablas10 variantssacando10 variantsruptura10 variantsrodillas10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list