empecilho
/ẽj.pe.ˈsi.ʎu/
The verdict
“empecilho” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,953
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquilo ou aquele que empece, que apresenta um obstáculo, que impede, estorva
Corpus desk
Index PT-empecilho · empecilho · Portuguese
empecilho · rank #28,953 · 13 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,953
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH encarnado
Nearest frequency peer: encarnado (+1 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “empecilho”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- doing
doing
71,056 corpus weight
- embriaguez
embriaguez
71,050 corpus weight
- empecilho
empecilho
71,048 corpus weight
- encarnado
encarnado
71,047 corpus weight
- errante
errante
71,041 corpus weight
- esgrima
esgrima
71,036 corpus weight
What this shows “empecilho” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empecilho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ẽj.pe.ˈsi.ʎu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #28,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “empecilho”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around empecilho (IPA /ẽj.pe.ˈsi.ʎu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,953 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aquilo ou aquele que empece, que apresenta um obstáculo, que impede, estorva".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for empecilho, with forms such as "emepcilho", "emmpecilho", and "empceilho". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 empecilho, spelled E-M-P-E-C-I-L-H-O.
Definition
- 1aquilo ou aquele que empece, que apresenta um obstáculo, que impede, estorva
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how empecilho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
São muitos os empecilhos para escrever-se um texto corretamente.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emepcilho
- emmpecilho
- empceilho
- empeccilho
- empecihlo
- empecilhho
- empecillho
- empeciloh
- empecliho
- empeiclho
- emppecilho
- epmecilho
- mepecilho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empecilho - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).