empiecen

/[ẽmˈpjesẽn]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,447

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

empiecen is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de empezar. Pronounced [ẽmˈpjesẽn]. It ranks #9,447 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with empiezan and empieces.

Key facts for empiecen
PropertyValue
Headwordempiecen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmˈpjesẽn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,447
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for empiecen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈpjesẽn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,447 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for empiecen, with forms such as "emipecen", "emmpiecen", and "empeicen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "empiezan", "empieces", "empecé", 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 empiecen, spelled E-M-P-I-E-C-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de empezar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de empezar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emipecen,emmpiecen,empeicen,empiceen,empieccen,empiecenn,empiecne,empieecn,empiesen,emppiecen,epmiecen,mepiecen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empiecen

Misspelling Variants of "empiecen"

emipecen8emmpiecen9empeicen8empiceen8empieccen9empiecenn9empiecne8empieecn8
Misspelling Variants of "empiecen"

Frequency rank: #9,447 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empiecen"?
"empiecen" is spelled E-M-P-I-E-C-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈpjesẽn].
What does "empiecen" mean?
As a verb, "empiecen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de empezar.
What words are commonly confused with "empiecen"?
"empiecen" is commonly confused with "empiezan", "empieces", "empecé". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empiecen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empiecen" is [ẽmˈpjesẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empiecen" come from?
"empiecen" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.