adecuado

Name: adecuado, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[að̞eˈkwað̞o]

/[að̞eˈkwað̞o]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“adecuado” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,297. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,297
frequency rank, Spanish: 7,704
“A” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lo que es a propósito y acomodado para alguna cosa.

Corpus desk

Index ES-adecuado · adecuado · Spanish

adecuado · rank #3,297 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #3,297
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 7,704
PHOTO-FINISH acontecimient…

Nearest frequency peer: acontecimientos (-1 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.

urbano

96,707
acontecimie…

96,705
adecuado

96,704
americanos

96,703
aparecer

96,702
aparición

96,701

What this shows “adecuado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

adecuado vs adecuar

75% similar

adecuado vs afectado

75% similar

adecuado vs adecuados

89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for adecuado
Property	Value
Headword	adecuado
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[að̞eˈkwað̞o]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#3,297
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “adecuado”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).adecuadocae aquí:

#3,297

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “acontecimientos” (#3,296), “americanos” (#3,298), “aparecer” (#3,299). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “adecuado” va en #3,297. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around adecuado (IPA [að̞eˈkwað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,297 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for adecuado, with forms such as "adceuado", "addecuado", and "adecaudo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, 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, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is adecuado, spelled A-D-E-C-U-A-D-O.

Definition

1
Lo que es a propósito y acomodado para alguna cosa.
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
Correcto, acertado, justo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

adceuado
addecuado
adecaudo
adeccuado
adecuaddo
adecuaod
adecudao
adeucado
aedcuado
daecuado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adecuado - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "adecuado"

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.

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 adjective, "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?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aparecer#3,299 saliendo#3,291 aventura#3,304 conforme#3,310

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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