empleado

/[ẽmpleˈað̞o]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,980

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

empleado is anSpanishadj. It means: Dedicado al desempeño de algún cargo. Pronounced [ẽmpleˈað̞o]. It ranks #2,980 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with empleo and emplear.

Key facts for empleado
PropertyValue
Headwordempleado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ẽmpleˈað̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,980
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for empleado is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmpleˈað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,980 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dedicado al desempeño de algún cargo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for empleado, with forms such as "emlpeado", "emmpleado", and "empelado". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "empleo", "emplear", "emplean", 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 empleado, spelled E-M-P-L-E-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dedicado al desempeño de algún cargo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emlpeado,emmpleado,empelado,emplaedo,empleaddo,empleaod,empledao,emplleado,emppleado,epmleado,mepleado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empleado

Misspelling Variants of "empleado"

emlpeado8emmpleado9empelado8emplaedo8empleaddo9empleaod8empledao8emplleado9
Misspelling Variants of "empleado"

Frequency rank: #2,980 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empleado"?
"empleado" is spelled E-M-P-L-E-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpleˈað̞o].
What does "empleado" mean?
As an adj, "empleado" means: Dedicado al desempeño de algún cargo.
What words are commonly confused with "empleado"?
"empleado" is commonly confused with "empleo", "emplear", "emplean". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empleado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empleado" is [ẽmpleˈað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empleado" come from?
"empleado" 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.