emprender

/[ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,990

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

emprender is aSpanishverb. It means: Iniciar con decisión y compromiso una obra, tarea, dirección, proyecto, empresa o negocio, asumiendo los retos que ello implica. Pronounced [ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. It ranks #7,990 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with emprendió and emprende.

Key facts for emprender
PropertyValue
Headwordemprender
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,990
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for emprender is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,990 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for emprender, with forms such as "emmprender", "empernder", and "empprender". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "emprendió", "emprende", "emprenden", 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 emprender, spelled E-M-P-R-E-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Iniciar con decisión y compromiso una obra, tarea, dirección, proyecto, empresa o negocio, asumiendo los retos que ello implica.
  2. 2
    Encender el fuego.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmprender,empernder,empprender,empredner,emprendder,emprenderr,emprendre,emprenedr,emprennder,emprneder,emprrender,emrpender,epmrender,meprender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for emprender

Misspelling Variants of "emprender"

emmprender10empernder9empprender10empredner9emprendder10emprenderr10emprendre9emprenedr9
Misspelling Variants of "emprender"

Frequency rank: #7,990 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "emprender"?
"emprender" is spelled E-M-P-R-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ].
What does "emprender" mean?
As a verb, "emprender" means: Iniciar con decisión y compromiso una obra, tarea, dirección, proyecto, empresa o negocio, asumiendo los retos que ello implica.
What words are commonly confused with "emprender"?
"emprender" is commonly confused with "emprendió", "emprende", "emprenden". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "emprender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "emprender" is [ẽmpɾẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "emprender" come from?
"emprender" 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.