engessado

adj

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The verdict

“engessado” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,168 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,168
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,279
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se engessou, imobilizado por gesso

Corpus desk

Index PT-engessado · engessado · Portuguese

engessado · rank #73,168 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,168
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,279
  • PHOTO-FINISH esquistossomo…

Nearest frequency peer: esquistossomose (+22 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 “engessado”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “engessado” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for engessado
PropertyValue
Headwordengessado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,168
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “engessado” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.engessadocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “esquistossomose” (#73,190), “estai” (#73,191), “esti” (#73,193). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “engessado” fica em #73,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

engessado is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,168 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for engessado, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is engessado, spelled E-N-G-E-S-S-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se engessou, imobilizado por gesso
  2. 2
    coberto com gesso
  3. 3
    que não pode agir ou ajudar por estar ocupado, com problemas, etc
  4. 4
    que não se pode mudar, fixo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ele saiu do hospital com o braço engessado.
  2. O teto de casa é engessado.

Synonyms

gessado

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 "engessado"?
"engessado" is spelled E-N-G-E-S-S-A-D-O.
What does "engessado" mean?
As an adjective, "engessado" means: que se engessou, imobilizado por gesso
What language does "engessado" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list