empleen

[ẽmˈpleẽn]

/[ẽmˈpleẽn]/ verb

The verdict

“empleen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,561 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,561
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de emplear o de emplearse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empleen · empleen · Spanish

empleen · rank #55,561 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,561
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH encantando

Nearest frequency peer: encantando (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “empleen”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “empleen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for empleen
PropertyValue
Headwordempleen
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmˈpleẽn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#55,561
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “empleen” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).empleencae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “encantando” (#55,562), “emboscadas” (#55,559), “encarcelan” (#55,563). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empleen” va en #55,561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empleen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,561 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽmˈpleẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for empleen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is empleen, spelled E-M-P-L-E-E-N.

Definition

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

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 "empleen"?
"empleen" is spelled E-M-P-L-E-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈpleẽn].
What does "empleen" mean?
As a verb, "empleen" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de emplear o de emplearse.
How do you pronounce "empleen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empleen" is [ẽmˈpleẽn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empleen" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list