adopté

[að̞opˈt̪e]

/[að̞opˈt̪e]/ verb

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The verdict

“adopté” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,634 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,634
frequency rank, Spanish
120,137
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de adoptar.

Key facts for adopté
PropertyValue
Headwordadopté
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[að̞opˈt̪e]
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,634
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “adopté” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). adopté lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adopté is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,634 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [að̞opˈt̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de adoptar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adopté, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is adopté, spelled A-D-O-P-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de adoptar.

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 "adopté"?
"adopté" is spelled A-D-O-P-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is [að̞opˈt̪e].
What does "adopté" mean?
As a verb, "adopté" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de adoptar.
How do you pronounce "adopté"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adopté" is [að̞opˈt̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adopté" come from?
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Using “adopté”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-D-O-P-T-É - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [að̞opˈt̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list