embolia

/ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ/

//ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ// noun

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The verdict

“embolia” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #39,576. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,576
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - obstrução de um vaso sanguíneo

Corpus desk

Index PT-embolia · embolia · Portuguese

embolia · rank #39,576 · 9 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #39,576
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH ear

Nearest frequency peer: ear (-2 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 “embolia”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “embolia” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

embolia vs embora
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for embolia
PropertyValue
Headwordembolia
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,576
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “embolia”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).emboliacai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “ear” (#39,574), “dominicano” (#39,568), “enchido” (#39,584). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “embolia” fica em #39,576. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around embolia (IPA /ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,576 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "obstrução de um vaso sanguíneo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for embolia, with forms such as "ebmolia", "embbolia", and "embloia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "embora", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is embolia, spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    obstrução de um vaso sanguíneo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Quando ela morreu de embolia pulmonar em 2004, o site do Ministério da Cultura francês publicou um obituário extraordinariamente lírico.

This word in other languages

embolism(English)émbolo(Español)embolie(Français)Embolie(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ebmolia
  • embbolia
  • embloia
  • emboila
  • embolai
  • embollia
  • emmbolia
  • emoblia
  • mebolia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of embolia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ebmolia2embbolia1embloia2emboila2embolai2embollia1emmbolia1emoblia2
Edit distance from "embolia"

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 "embolia"?
"embolia" is spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ/.
What does "embolia" mean?
As a noun, "embolia" means: obstrução de um vaso sanguíneo
What words are commonly confused with "embolia"?
"embolia" is commonly confused with "embora". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "embolia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "embolia" is /ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "embolia" come from?
"embolia" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enchido#39,584declive#39,551coveiro#39,544festejo#39,622

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

chacal9 variantsfrisar9 variantscarreiro9 variantsbulimia9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list