abada
/ɐ.ˈba.dɐ/
The verdict
“abada” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #83,466 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #83,466
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - quantidade contida numa aba (de avental, saia etc.) segura pelas extremidades
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abada |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈba.dɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #83,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abada” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for abada is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈba.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #83,466 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abada, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is abada, spelled A-B-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1quantidade contida numa aba (de avental, saia etc.) segura pelas extremidades
- 2grande quantidade
- 3saliência lateral dos telhados
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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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-B-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.ˈba.dɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.