embainhar
/ẽ.bɐ.i.ˈɲaɾ/
The verdict
“embainhar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - guarnecer com bainha
Corpus desk
Index PT-embainhar · embainhar · Portuguese
embainhar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embainhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.bɐ.i.ˈɲaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “embainhar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
embainhar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.bɐ.i.ˈɲaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for embainhar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is embainhar, spelled E-M-B-A-I-N-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1guarnecer com bainha
- 2meter na bainha
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.