embebido

adj

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The verdict

“embebido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,941 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,941
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ensopado

Corpus desk

Index PT-embebido · embebido · Portuguese

embebido · rank #70,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,941
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH elma

Nearest frequency peer: elma (-5 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 “embebido”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for embebido
PropertyValue
Headwordembebido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “embebido” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.embebidocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “elma” (#70,936), “enrustido” (#70,951), “entrementes” (#70,954). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “embebido” fica em #70,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

embebido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,941 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

embebido doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is embebido, spelled E-M-B-E-B-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ensopado
  2. 2
    impregnado
  3. 3
    cravado
  4. 4
    introduzido
  5. 5
    cercado e preso com força
  6. 6
    integrado
  7. 7
    embutido

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Memórias da Junta de Investigações do Ultramar Volumes 12 a 14
  2. Outro método consiste em inocular as cotilédones logo após a germinação, arranhando muito ao de leve a epiderme com um palito dos dentes embebido de bactérias

This word in other languages

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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 "embebido"?
"embebido" is spelled E-M-B-E-B-I-D-O.
What does "embebido" mean?
As an adjective, "embebido" means: ensopado
What language does "embebido" come from?
"embebido" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

difração#70,920cravinho#70,883burlesco#70,824lombriga#71,123

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list