empacotar
/ẽ.pɐ.ku.ˈtaɾ/
The verdict
“empacotar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,496 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,496
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - reunir em pacotes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empacotar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.pɐ.ku.ˈtaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empacotar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empacotar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,496 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.pɐ.ku.ˈtaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for empacotar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is empacotar, spelled E-M-P-A-C-O-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1reunir em pacotes
- 2enfardar
- 3morrer
- 4vestir-se com peças de roupa, diversas, grossas, fechadas, de forma a se protejar do frio, a reter o calor do corpo
This word in other languages
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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Using “empacotar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-M-P-A-C-O-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ẽ.pɐ.ku.ˈtaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.