embolsar
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
- 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 “embolsar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embolsar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “embolsar” em português
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
- 1pôr no bolso ou bolsa
- 2receber, ganhar
- 3ganhar dinheiro de forma ilícita, por exemplo, usando de enganação ou através de propina
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how embolsar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Embolsar dinheiro.
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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