empenhar
/ẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ/
The verdict
“empenhar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #26,726. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,726
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dar em penhor
Corpus desk
Index PT-empenhar · empenhar · Portuguese
empenhar · rank #26,726 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,726
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH emocionar
Nearest frequency peer: emocionar (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “empenhar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- dramaticame…
dramaticamente
73,283 corpus weight
- elegível
elegível
73,280 corpus weight
- elmo
elmo
73,279 corpus weight
- emocionar
emocionar
73,277 corpus weight
- empenhar
empenhar
73,275 corpus weight
- entregador
entregador
73,273 corpus weight
What this shows “empenhar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empenhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #26,726 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “empenhar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around empenhar (IPA /ẽ.pɨ.ˈɲaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,726 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for empenhar, with forms such as "emepnhar", "emmpenhar", and "empehnar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "empenho", "espelhar", "emendar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is empenhar, spelled E-M-P-E-N-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1dar em penhor
- 2tornar obrigado, ou devedor de reconhecimento
- 3invocar, comprometer
- 4expor
- 5empregar com desvelo
- 6endividar-se
- 7fazer diligência, pôr empenho em alguma coisa
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how empenhar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eduardo Braga e Arlindo Chinaglia, podem facilitar a interlocução, são sangue novo e promessa de novos ares, têm um estoque de palavras a empenhar.
"Se entrar em campo tem que se empenhar, tem que entrar para ganhar em qualquer lugar."
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emepnhar
- emmpenhar
- empehnar
- empenahr
- empenharr
- empenhhar
- empenhra
- empennhar
- empnehar
- emppenhar
- epmenhar
- mepenhar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of empenhar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).