embolia

//ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,576

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

embolia is aPortuguesenoun. It means: obstrução de um vaso sanguíneo Pronounced /ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ/. Often confused with embora.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of embolia in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for embolia is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ẽ.bu.ˈli.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #39,576 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "obstrução de um vaso sanguíneo".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for embolia, with forms such as "ebmolia", "embbolia", and "embloia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "embora", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is embolia, spelled E-M-B-O-L-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    obstrução de um vaso sanguíneo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ebmolia,embbolia,embloia,emboila,embolai,embollia,emmbolia,emoblia,mebolia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for embolia

Misspelling Variants of "embolia"

ebmolia7embbolia8embloia7emboila7embolai7embollia8emmbolia8emoblia7
Misspelling Variants of "embolia"

Frequency rank: #39,576 in Portuguese

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.