embaraçado

/ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsa.du/

//ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsa.du// adj

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The verdict

“embaraçado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,226 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,226
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se embaraçou

Corpus desk

Index PT-embaracado · embaraçado · Portuguese

embaraçado · rank #70,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,226
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH efedrina

Nearest frequency peer: efedrina (-6 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 “embaraçado”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “embaraçado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for embaraçado
PropertyValue
Headwordembaraçado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsa.du/
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,226
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “embaraçado” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).embaraçadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “efedrina” (#70,220), “dosar” (#70,213), “donatário” (#70,211). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “embaraçado” fica em #70,226. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

embaraçado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,226 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsa.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for embaraçado in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is embaraçado, spelled E-M-B-A-R-A-Ç-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se embaraçou
  2. 2
    enredado
  3. 3
    difícil
  4. 4
    complicado
  5. 5
    diz-se da mulher grávida
  6. 6
    diz-se da mulher menstruada

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how embaraçado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A Lei n.º 6.515: crítica e autocrítica
  2. *Thesouro da lingua portugueza 3: E-LYTH.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "embaraçado"?
"embaraçado" is spelled E-M-B-A-R-A-Ç-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsa.du/.
What does "embaraçado" mean?
As an adjective, "embaraçado" means: que se embaraçou
How do you pronounce "embaraçado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embaraçado" is /ẽ.bɐ.ɾɐ.ˈsa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "embaraçado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

desempatar#70,193importunar#70,342inabitável#70,345abecedário#70,014

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list