êmbolo
/ˈẽ.bu.lu/
The verdict
“êmbolo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,219), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,219
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dispositivo que desliza num sentido e noutro no interior de um cilindro
Corpus desk
Index PT-embolo · êmbolo · Portuguese
êmbolo · rank #65,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,219
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ê" thin
- PHOTO-FINISH vário
Nearest frequency peer: vário (-10 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 “êmbolo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vor
vor
34,795 corpus weight
- vário
vário
34,792 corpus weight
- êmbolo
êmbolo
34,782 corpus weight
- abrasivo
abrasivo
34,769 corpus weight
- acudir
acudir
34,765 corpus weight
- admiravelme…
admiravelmente
34,762 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “êmbolo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | êmbolo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈẽ.bu.lu/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “êmbolo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
êmbolo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,219, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈẽ.bu.lu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for êmbolo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is êmbolo, spelled Ê-M-B-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1dispositivo que desliza num sentido e noutro no interior de um cilindro
- 2obstrução interna de um cilindro hidráulico ou pneumático com a função de movimentar uma célula ou haste para trabalhos mecânicos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how êmbolo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Este cilindro está com problema no êmbolo.
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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