imbricar
The verdict
“imbricar” 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 May 6, 2026) - tornar imbricado
Corpus desk
Index PT-imbricar · imbricar · Portuguese
imbricar · 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 "I" 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 | imbricar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “imbricar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
imbricar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
imbricar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is imbricar, spelled I-M-B-R-I-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1tornar imbricado
- 2ligar(-se) estreitamente a
- 3dispor (coisas) de maneira que só em parte se sobreponham umas às outras, como as telhas do telhado ou as escamas do peixe
- 4dispor-se (coisas) dessa maneira
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how imbricar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dengosa e lírica senhora, esculpida em toucinho, numa sucessão de roscas que se sobrepunham e imbricavam para todos os lados... as do seio sobre as do ventre, as do ventre sobre as das coxas.
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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.