empoçar
The verdict
“empoçar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - meter(-se) ou cair em poço ou poça; atolar(-se)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empoçar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empoçar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empoçar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for empoçar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is empoçar, spelled E-M-P-O-Ç-A-R.
Definition
- 1meter(-se) ou cair em poço ou poça; atolar(-se)
- 2fazer formar ou formar poça
- 3cobrir de poças
Antonyms
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.
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Using “empoçar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-M-P-O-Ç-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.