embrace
/ɪmˈbreɪs/, SAMPA: /Im"brEIs/
The verdict
“embrace” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,425 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,425
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abraço, amplexo
Corpus desk
Index PT-embrace · embrace · Portuguese
embrace · rank #72,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,425
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH elíptico
Nearest frequency peer: elíptico (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “embrace”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- dissociar
dissociar
27,593 corpus weight
- drei
drei
27,587 corpus weight
- ectoplasma
ectoplasma
27,583 corpus weight
- elíptico
elíptico
27,578 corpus weight
- embrace
embrace
27,576 corpus weight
- entourage
entourage
27,562 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “embrace” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embrace |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪmˈbreɪs/, SAMPA: /Im"brEIs/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “embrace” em português
Rare enough to double-check
embrace is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,425 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪmˈbreɪs/, SAMPA: /Im"brEIs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "abraço, amplexo".
No generated misspelling entries exist for embrace in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is embrace, spelled E-M-B-R-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1abraço, amplexo
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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