empada
/ẽ.ˈpa.dɐ/
The verdict
“empada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,586 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,586
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pastel de massa com recheio de carne ou peixe
Corpus desk
Index PT-empada · empada · Portuguese
empada · rank #51,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,586
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH eletrocardiog…
Nearest frequency peer: eletrocardiograma (-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 “empada”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- dispendioso
dispendioso
48,432 corpus weight
- duplicata
duplicata
48,423 corpus weight
- eletrocardi…
eletrocardiograma
48,417 corpus weight
- empada
empada
48,415 corpus weight
- energeticam…
energeticamente
48,410 corpus weight
- entalhe
entalhe
48,407 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “empada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ẽ.ˈpa.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “empada” em português
Rare enough to double-check
empada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,586 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ẽ.ˈpa.dɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pastel de massa com recheio de carne ou peixe".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for empada, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is empada, spelled E-M-P-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1pastel de massa com recheio de carne ou peixe
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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