empresa

/[ẽmˈpɾesa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#431

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

empresa is aSpanishnoun. It 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. Pronounced [ẽmˈpɾesa]. It ranks #431 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with espesa and expresa.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for empresa is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈpɾesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #431 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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, 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 empresa, spelled E-M-P-R-E-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmpresa,empersa,emppresa,empreas,empressa,emprresa,emprsea,emrpesa,epmresa,mepresa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empresa

Misspelling Variants of "empresa"

emmpresa8empersa7emppresa8empreas7empressa8emprresa8emprsea7emrpesa7
Misspelling Variants of "empresa"

Frequency rank: #431 in Spanish

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 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.