subempleo
[suβ̞ẽmˈpleo]
The verdict
“subempleo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,708 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,708
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Situación económica en la que los trabajadores no están empleados en su totalidad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-subempleo · subempleo · Spanish
subempleo · rank #77,708 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,708
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH stronger
Nearest frequency peer: stronger (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “subempleo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- stronger
stronger
22,294 corpus weight
- subempleo
subempleo
22,293 corpus weight
- subterfugio
subterfugio
22,291 corpus weight
- sudaba
sudaba
22,290 corpus weight
- suministrad…
suministrador
22,289 corpus weight
- superflua
superflua
22,288 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “subempleo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | subempleo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [suβ̞ẽmˈpleo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,708 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “subempleo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
subempleo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,708 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [suβ̞ẽmˈpleo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for subempleo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is subempleo, spelled S-U-B-E-M-P-L-E-O.
Definition
- 1Situación económica en la que los trabajadores no están empleados en su totalidad.
- 2Situación en la que o lo que hace el trabajador está por debajo de su cualificación profesional.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how subempleo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A pesar de su formación universitaria,tuvo que aceptar subempleo para mantener a su familia.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).