embolsar

verb

The verdict

“embolsar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #81,200 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,200
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pôr no bolso ou bolsa

Corpus desk

Index PT-embolsar · embolsar · Portuguese

embolsar · rank #81,200 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,200
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH embedded

Nearest frequency peer: embedded (-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 “embolsar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for embolsar
PropertyValue
Headwordembolsar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,200
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “embolsar” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).embolsarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “embedded” (#81,199), “enlameado” (#81,213), “entornar” (#81,214). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “embolsar” fica em #81,200. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

embolsar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #81,200 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for embolsar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is embolsar, spelled E-M-B-O-L-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    pôr no bolso ou bolsa
  2. 2
    receber, ganhar
  3. 3
    ganhar dinheiro de forma ilícita, por exemplo, usando de enganação ou através de propina

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Embolsar dinheiro.

Synonyms

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 "embolsar"?
"embolsar" is spelled E-M-B-O-L-S-A-R.
What does "embolsar" mean?
As a verb, "embolsar" means: pôr no bolso ou bolsa
What language does "embolsar" come from?
"embolsar" 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 "embolsar", 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