embedded
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
- dispensário
dispensário
18,825 corpus weight
- dreamer
dreamer
18,817 corpus weight
- embedded
embedded
18,802 corpus weight
- embolsar
embolsar
18,801 corpus weight
- enlameado
enlameado
18,788 corpus weight
- entornar
entornar
18,787 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “embedded” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embedded |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,199 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “embedded” em português
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
- 1incrustado, embutido, embebido (com sentido de cravar, meter em um vão ficando fixado neste)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embedded appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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