embaçado
The verdict
“embaçado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #52,120 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,120
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que perdeu a transparência ou o brilho
Corpus desk
Index PT-embacado · embaçado · Portuguese
embaçado · rank #52,120 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,120
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH embaraçoso
Nearest frequency peer: embaraçoso (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “embaçado”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- divine
divine
47,892 corpus weight
- Egeu
Egeu
47,884 corpus weight
- eletromagne…
eletromagnetismo
47,883 corpus weight
- embaraçoso
embaraçoso
47,882 corpus weight
- embaçado
embaçado
47,881 corpus weight
- enfisema
enfisema
47,870 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “embaçado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embaçado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,120 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “embaçado” em português
Rare enough to double-check
embaçado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #52,120 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for embaçado in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is embaçado, spelled E-M-B-A-Ç-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1que perdeu a transparência ou o brilho
- 2complicado; difícil
- 3embaciado, coberto de bafo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embaçado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Com esta chuva hoje, tá embaçado para gente sair.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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