empoderar
[ẽmpoð̞eˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“empoderar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,572 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #33,572
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dar poder, voz o agencia a una persona o grupo social oprimido, excluido o desfavorecido.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empoderar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽmpoð̞eˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,572 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empoderar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for empoderar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmpoð̞eˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,572 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for empoderar, with forms such as "emmpoderar", "emopderar", and "empdoerar". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 empoderar, spelled E-M-P-O-D-E-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Dar poder, voz o agencia a una persona o grupo social oprimido, excluido o desfavorecido.
- 2Apoderar (dar poder a otra persona como representante para efectos judiciales).
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emmpoderar,emopderar,empdoerar,empodderar,empodearr,empoderarr,empoderra,empoderrar,empodrear,empoedrar,emppoderar,epmoderar,mepoderar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empoderar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “empoderar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-P-O-D-E-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmpoð̞eˈɾaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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