# empecé vs empiece

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### empecé
*verb · IPA [ẽmpeˈse] · frequency rank #3,842*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de empezar.

### empiece
*noun · IPA [ẽmˈpjese] · frequency rank #6,397*
Principio.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/empece-vs-empiece