adecuado

/[að̞eˈkwað̞o]/ adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,297

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

adecuado is anSpanishadj. It means: Lo que es a propósito y acomodado para alguna cosa. Pronounced [að̞eˈkwað̞o]. It ranks #3,297 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with adecuar and afectado.

Key facts for adecuado
PropertyValue
Headwordadecuado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[að̞eˈkwað̞o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,297
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of adecuado in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for adecuado is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [að̞eˈkwað̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,297 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for adecuado, with forms such as "adceuado", "addecuado", and "adecaudo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "adecuar", "afectado", "adecuados", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is adecuado, spelled A-D-E-C-U-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lo que es a propósito y acomodado para alguna cosa.
  2. 2
    Dícese en general de nuestros conocimientos, y sobre todo de nuestras ideas. Una idea es adecuada cuando es conforme a la naturaleza del objeto que representa, cuando abraza todos los caracteres esenciales y conviene a todo el definido y a nada más que al definido.
  3. 3
    Correcto, acertado, justo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adceuado,addecuado,adecaudo,adeccuado,adecuaddo,adecuaod,adecudao,adeucado,aedcuado,daecuado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adecuado

Misspelling Variants of "adecuado"

adceuado8addecuado9adecaudo8adeccuado9adecuaddo9adecuaod8adecudao8adeucado8
Misspelling Variants of "adecuado"

Frequency rank: #3,297 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adecuado"?
"adecuado" is spelled A-D-E-C-U-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞eˈkwað̞o].
What does "adecuado" mean?
As an adj, "adecuado" means: Lo que es a propósito y acomodado para alguna cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "adecuado"?
"adecuado" is commonly confused with "adecuar", "afectado", "adecuados". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adecuado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adecuado" is [að̞eˈkwað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adecuado" come from?
"adecuado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.