encravado

Name: encravado, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“encravado” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #49,943. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,943
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,279
“E” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - fixado com prego(s); cravado

Corpus desk

Index PT-encravado · encravado · Portuguese

encravado · rank #49,943 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #49,943
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 1,279
PHOTO-FINISH embrionário

Nearest frequency peer: embrionário (-5 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.

embrionário

50,063
encravado

50,058
espairecer

50,050
espinal

50,048
Ezekiel

50,036
feltro

50,031

What this shows “encravado” 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).

encravado vs engraçado

78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for encravado
Property	Value
Headword	encravado
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#49,943
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “encravado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.encravadocai aqui:

#49,943

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “embrionário” (#49,938), “espairecer” (#49,951), “espinal” (#49,953). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “encravado” fica em #49,943. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around encravado, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #49,943 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for encravado, with forms such as "ecnravado", "encarvado", and "enccravado". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "engraçado", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is encravado, spelled E-N-C-R-A-V-A-D-O.

Definition

1
fixado com prego(s); cravado
2
(Derivação: por metonímia) que tem pregos fixados no casco (diz-se de cavalgadura)
3
(Derivação: por extensão de sentido) que teve movimento, ação etc. interrompidos; engasgado, entalado, travado
4
(Derivação: por analogia) que está encaixado, embutido
5
diz-se de prédio ou propriedade menor que fica dentro de outra maior
6
diz-se de unha que, ao crescer, penetra lateralmente na carne do dedo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how encravado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

bala encravada no cano de arma de fogo

Synonyms

fincado

Antonyms

desencravado

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ecnravado
encarvado
enccravado
encraavdo
encravaddo
encravaod
encravdao
encravvado
encrravado
encrvaado
enncravado
enrcavado
necravado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of encravado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "encravado"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "encravado"?

"encravado" is spelled E-N-C-R-A-V-A-D-O.

What does "encravado" mean?

As an adjective, "encravado" means: fixado com prego(s); cravado

What words are commonly confused with "encravado"?

"encravado" is commonly confused with "engraçado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "encravado" come from?

"encravado" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "encravado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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