empleo

/[ẽmˈpleo]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,310

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

empleo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de emplear Pronounced [ẽmˈpleo]. It ranks #1,310 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with empujo and empleos.

Key facts for empleo
PropertyValue
Headwordempleo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽmˈpleo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,310
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for empleo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈpleo]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,310 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for empleo, with forms such as "emlpeo", "emmpleo", and "empelo". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "empujo", "empleos", "empezó", 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 empleo, spelled E-M-P-L-E-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de emplear
  2. 2
    Actividad laboral, ocupación u oficio.
  3. 3
    Uso, servicio.
  4. 4
    Hurto

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emlpeo,emmpleo,empelo,emplleo,emploe,emppleo,epmleo,mepleo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empleo

Misspelling Variants of "empleo"

emlpeo6emmpleo7empelo6emplleo7emploe6emppleo7epmleo6mepleo6
Misspelling Variants of "empleo"

Frequency rank: #1,310 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empleo"?
"empleo" is spelled E-M-P-L-E-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈpleo].
What does "empleo" mean?
As a noun, "empleo" means: Acción o efecto de emplear
What words are commonly confused with "empleo"?
"empleo" is commonly confused with "empujo", "empleos", "empezó". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empleo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empleo" is [ẽmˈpleo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empleo" come from?
"empleo" 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.