subempleo
[suβ̞ẽmˈpleo]
The verdict
“subempleo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,708 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,708
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Situación económica en la que los trabajadores no están empleados en su totalidad.
| 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) |
Where “subempleo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
subempleo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,708 among 34,953 “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.
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 “subempleo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-U-B-E-M-P-L-E-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [suβ̞ẽmˈpleo] (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.