empréstito
[ẽmˈpɾest̪it̪o]
The verdict
“empréstito” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #73,604 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #73,604
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Préstamo que se hace al Estado, a una corporación o a una empresa, especialmente cuando está respaldado por títulos negociables o al portador.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empréstito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽmˈpɾest̪it̪o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #73,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empréstito” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for empréstito is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈpɾest̪it̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,604 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.
Zero misspellings are on record for empréstito in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is empréstito, spelled E-M-P-R-É-S-T-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Préstamo que se hace al Estado, a una corporación o a una empresa, especialmente cuando está respaldado por títulos negociables o al portador.
- 2Cantidad de dinero prestada de esta manera.
This word in other languages
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 “empréstito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-M-P-R-É-S-T-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽmˈpɾest̪it̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.