empresa

[ẽmˈpɾesa]

/[ẽmˈpɾesa]/ noun

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The verdict

“empresa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #431. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#431
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Organismo compuesto por el trabajo y el capital como elementos de la producción, y ocupada en labores industriales, comerciales o de prestación de servicios, con fines de lucro.

Corpus desk

Index ES-empresa · empresa · Spanish

empresa · rank #431 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #431
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH digo

Nearest frequency peer: digo (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “empresa”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “empresa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

empresa vs espesa
71% similar
empresa vs expresa
86% similar
empresa vs express
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for empresa
PropertyValue
Headwordempresa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ẽmˈpɾesa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#431
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “empresa”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.empresacae aquí:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “digo” (#430), “especial” (#432), “camino” (#429). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “empresa” va en #431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around empresa (IPA [ẽmˈpɾesa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #431 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for empresa, with forms such as "emmpresa", "empersa", and "emppresa". 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 also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "espesa", "expresa", "express", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is empresa, spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organismo compuesto por el trabajo y el capital como elementos de la producción, y ocupada en labores industriales, comerciales o de prestación de servicios, con fines de lucro.
  2. 2
    Tarea o acción ardua y dificultosa que se comienza.
  3. 3
    Intento o designio de hacer una cosa.
  4. 4
    Cierto símbolo o figura enigmática, que alude a lo que se intenta conseguir o denota alguna prenda de que se hace alarde, para cuya mayor inteligencia se añade comúnmente alguna letra o mote.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how empresa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mas, apenas se vio en el campo, cuando le asaltó un pensamiento terrible, y tal, que por poco le hiciera dejar la comenzada empresa; y fue que le vino a la memoria que no era armado caballero, y que, conforme a ley de caballería, ni podía ni debía tomar armas con ningún caballero; y, puesto que lo fuera, había de llevar armas blancas, como novel caballero…

Synonyms

compañía

This word in other languages

company(English)compagnie(Français)Unternehmen(Deutsch)companhia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmpresa
  • empersa
  • emppresa
  • empreas
  • empressa
  • emprresa
  • emprsea
  • emrpesa
  • epmresa
  • mepresa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empresa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emmpresa1empersa2emppresa1empreas2empressa1emprresa1emprsea2emrpesa2
Edit distance from "empresa"

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 "empresa"?
"empresa" is spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈpɾesa].
What does "empresa" mean?
As a noun, "empresa" means: Organismo compuesto por el trabajo y el capital como elementos de la producción, y ocupada en labores industriales, comerciales o de prestación de servicios, con fines de lucro.
What words are commonly confused with "empresa"?
"empresa" is commonly confused with "espesa", "expresa", "express". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empresa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empresa" is [ẽmˈpɾesa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empresa" come from?
"empresa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

policía#436ninguna#421español#417mundial#446

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

debería10 variantscapital10 variantscultura10 variantsminutos10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list