empiezo

/[ẽmˈpjeso]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,775

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

empiezo is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de empezar. Pronounced [ẽmˈpjeso]. It ranks #6,775 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with empleo and empezó.

Key facts for empiezo
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Headwordempiezo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmˈpjeso]
Letters7
Frequency rank#6,775
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for empiezo is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈpjeso]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,775 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de empezar.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for empiezo, with forms such as "emipezo", "emmpiezo", and "empeizo". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "empleo", "empezó", "empero", 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 empiezo, spelled E-M-P-I-E-Z-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de empezar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emipezo,emmpiezo,empeizo,empieoz,empiezzo,empizeo,emppiezo,epmiezo,mepiezo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empiezo

Misspelling Variants of "empiezo"

emipezo7emmpiezo8empeizo7empieoz7empiezzo8empizeo7emppiezo8epmiezo7
Misspelling Variants of "empiezo"

Frequency rank: #6,775 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empiezo"?
"empiezo" is spelled E-M-P-I-E-Z-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈpjeso].
What does "empiezo" mean?
As a verb, "empiezo" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de empezar.
What words are commonly confused with "empiezo"?
"empiezo" is commonly confused with "empleo", "empezó", "empero". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empiezo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empiezo" is [ẽmˈpjeso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empiezo" come from?
"empiezo" 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.