adecuada
[að̞eˈkwað̞a]
The verdict
“adecuada” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,606
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del femenino de adecuado, participio de adecuar o de adecuarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adecuada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Participle |
| IPA | [að̞eˈkwað̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,606 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adecuada” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around adecuada (IPA [að̞eˈkwað̞a]), aparticiple. Corpus frequency is #3,606 among 120,137 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del femenino de adecuado, participio de adecuar o de adecuarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for adecuada, with forms such as "adceuada", "addecuada", and "adecauda". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "adecuar", "adecuado", "adecuadas", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is adecuada, spelled A-D-E-C-U-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de adecuado, participio de adecuar o de adecuarse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- adceuada
- addecuada
- adecauda
- adeccuada
- adecuaad
- adecuadda
- adecudaa
- adeucada
- aedcuada
- daecuada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adecuada - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “adecuada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-E-C-U-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [að̞eˈkwað̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “adecuar” - see the side-by-side comparison. adecuada vs adecuar
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.