embedded

adj

The verdict

“embedded” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,199 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,199
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - incrustado, embutido, embebido (com sentido de cravar, meter em um vão ficando fixado neste)

Corpus desk

Index PT-embedded · embedded · Portuguese

embedded · rank #81,199 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,199
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH embolsar

Nearest frequency peer: embolsar (+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 “embedded”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for embedded
PropertyValue
Headwordembedded
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,199
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “embedded” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.embeddedcai 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: “embolsar” (#81,200), “enlameado” (#81,213), “dreamer” (#81,184). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “embedded” fica em #81,199. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

embedded is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,199 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "incrustado, embutido, embebido (com sentido de cravar, meter em um vão ficando fixado neste)".

embedded doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is embedded, spelled E-M-B-E-D-D-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    incrustado, embutido, embebido (com sentido de cravar, meter em um vão ficando fixado neste)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Nota: embebido do português e embedded do inglês não são cognatos, tão pouco embedded do inglês tem o sentido de "estar ou ficar a sover um líquido ficando repleto dele ou ensopado com ele".

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 "embedded"?
"embedded" is spelled E-M-B-E-D-D-E-D.
What does "embedded" mean?
As an adjective, "embedded" means: incrustado, embutido, embebido (com sentido de cravar, meter em um vão ficando fixado neste)
What language does "embedded" come from?
"embedded" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list