empunhar
The verdict
“empunhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,454 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,454
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pegar pelo punho ou pela empunhadura
Corpus desk
Index PT-empunhar · empunhar · Portuguese
empunhar · rank #65,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,454
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH encarecidamen…
Nearest frequency peer: encarecidamente (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “empunhar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- dinar
dinar
34,572 corpus weight
- distribution
distribution
34,567 corpus weight
- efluente
efluente
34,557 corpus weight
- empunhar
empunhar
34,547 corpus weight
- encarecidam…
encarecidamente
34,546 corpus weight
- equilibrista
equilibrista
34,533 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “empunhar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “empunhar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
empunhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,454 among 1,279 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how empunhar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
os homens empunham suas espadas
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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