empossar
/ẽ.pu.ˈsaɾ/
The verdict
“empossar” 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) - tomar posse
Corpus desk
Index PT-empossar · empossar · Portuguese
empossar · 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 | empossar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ẽ.pu.ˈsaɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “empossar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
empossar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ẽ.pu.ˈsaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tomar posse".
Zero misspellings are on record for empossar in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is empossar, spelled E-M-P-O-S-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1tomar posse
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.