empalmar
/ẽ.paɫ.ˈmaɾ/
The verdict
“empalmar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - esconder na palma da mão; escamotear
Corpus desk
Index PT-empalmar · empalmar · Portuguese
empalmar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empalmar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.paɫ.ˈmaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “empalmar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
empalmar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.paɫ.ˈmaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "esconder na palma da mão; escamotear".
empalmar has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is empalmar, spelled E-M-P-A-L-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1esconder na palma da mão; escamotear
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.