empadinha

noun

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The verdict

“empadinha” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #85,541 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,541
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,493
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pequena empada, geralmente servida como salgado individual, feita com massa podre ou massa amanteigada e recheada com frango, palmito, camarão, entre outros

Key facts for empadinha
PropertyValue
Headwordempadinha
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#85,541
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “empadinha” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). empadinha lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

empadinha is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #85,541 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for empadinha, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is empadinha, spelled E-M-P-A-D-I-N-H-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pequena empada, geralmente servida como salgado individual, feita com massa podre ou massa amanteigada e recheada com frango, palmito, camarão, entre outros
  2. 2
    item típico de lanchonetes, festas e padarias brasileiras, apreciado como lanche ou entrada

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 "empadinha"?
"empadinha" is spelled E-M-P-A-D-I-N-H-A.
What does "empadinha" mean?
As a noun, "empadinha" means: pequena empada, geralmente servida como salgado individual, feita com massa podre ou massa amanteigada e recheada com frango, palmito, camarão, entre outros
What language does "empadinha" come from?
"empadinha" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “empadinha”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-M-P-A-D-I-N-H-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list