embate
/ẽ.ˈba.tɨ/
The verdict
“embate” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,972
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação de embater
Corpus desk
Index PT-embate · embate · Portuguese
embate · rank #19,972 · 8 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,972
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH elástico
Nearest frequency peer: elástico (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “embate”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- disseminar
disseminar
80,034 corpus weight
- elástico
elástico
80,030 corpus weight
- embate
embate
80,029 corpus weight
- encaminhar
encaminhar
80,026 corpus weight
- espiritismo
espiritismo
80,020 corpus weight
- estacionar
estacionar
80,019 corpus weight
What this shows “embate” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embate |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ẽ.ˈba.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “embate”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around embate (IPA /ẽ.ˈba.tɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,972 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for embate, with forms such as "ebmate", "emabte", and "embaet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "estate", "embuste", "embalo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is embate, spelled E-M-B-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1ação de embater
- 2colisão
- 3encontro violento, confronto, oposição
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ebmate
- emabte
- embaet
- embatte
- embbate
- embtae
- emmbate
- mebate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embate - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "embate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).