empunhar
The verdict
“empunhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,454 among 2,493 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,454
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,493
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pegar pelo punho ou pela empunhadura
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | empunhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,454 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “empunhar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
empunhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,454 among 2,493 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
empunhar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is empunhar, spelled E-M-P-U-N-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1pegar pelo punho ou pela empunhadura
- 2pegar, segurar
This word in other languages
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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Using “empunhar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is E-M-P-U-N-H-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.