adoptante

[að̞opˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]

/[að̞opˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]/ adj

The verdict

“adoptante” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,651 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,651
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que adopta (acoge; asume; adquiere) o realiza una adopción (acoge y declara a alguien como pariente legal).

Corpus desk

Index ES-adoptante · adoptante · Spanish

adoptante · rank #80,651 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,651
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH advantage

Nearest frequency peer: advantage (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “adoptante”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “adoptante” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adoptante
PropertyValue
Headwordadoptante
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[að̞opˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]
Letters9
Frequency rank#80,651
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “adoptante” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).adoptantecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “advantage” (#80,652), “advice” (#80,653), “adalides” (#80,648). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “adoptante” va en #80,651. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adoptante is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,651 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [að̞opˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que adopta (acoge; asume; adquiere) o realiza una adopción (acoge y declara a alguien como pariente legal).".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adoptante, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is adoptante, spelled A-D-O-P-T-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que adopta (acoge; asume; adquiere) o realiza una adopción (acoge y declara a alguien como pariente legal).

Synonyms

Antonyms

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 "adoptante"?
"adoptante" is spelled A-D-O-P-T-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞opˈt̪ãn̪t̪e].
What does "adoptante" mean?
As an adjective, "adoptante" means: Que adopta (acoge; asume; adquiere) o realiza una adopción (acoge y declara a alguien como pariente legal).
How do you pronounce "adoptante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adoptante" is [að̞opˈt̪ãn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adoptante" come from?
"adoptante" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list