empujo

/[ẽmˈpuxo]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,765

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

empujo is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de empujar. Pronounced [ẽmˈpuxo]. Often confused with espejo and expuso.

Key facts for empujo
PropertyValue
Headwordempujo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ẽmˈpuxo]
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,765
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for empujo is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽmˈpuxo]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,765 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de empujar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for empujo, with forms such as "emmpujo", "empjuo", and "emppujo". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "espejo", "expuso", "empujón", 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 empujo, spelled E-M-P-U-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de empujar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmpujo,empjuo,emppujo,empujjo,empuoj,emupjo,epmujo,mepujo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for empujo

Misspelling Variants of "empujo"

emmpujo7empjuo6emppujo7empujjo7empuoj6emupjo6epmujo6mepujo6
Misspelling Variants of "empujo"

Frequency rank: #47,765 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "empujo"?
"empujo" is spelled E-M-P-U-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ẽmˈpuxo].
What does "empujo" mean?
As a verb, "empujo" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de empujar.
What words are commonly confused with "empujo"?
"empujo" is commonly confused with "espejo", "expuso", "empujón". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "empujo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "empujo" is [ẽmˈpuxo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "empujo" come from?
"empujo" 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.