Multi-ply/single ply embossed absorbent paper products

An absorbent sheet layer or multilayer provided with primary undulations (40) extending along a main axis wave of said sheet, wherein said primary undulations (40) laterally spaced a distance, S (58, 60, 62) being said absorbent sheet layer or multilayer provided with an embossing pattern comprising a plurality of design elements (90, 92, 94), in which up to 50% of the surface area of ​​said absorbent sheet is embossed, characterized because each design element of said embossing pattern (52, 54) has a characteristic lateral width, W (66), emboss element, and a characteristic length, L (68), emboss element, along an L 'direction' and wherein the emboss elements are spaced a distance, D, and wherein at least one of the ratios W: S and D: S is from 1 to 4.