abafado

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

/a.ba.ˈfa.du/

//a.ba.ˈfa.du// adj

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

The verdict

“abafado” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,425. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,425
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,900
“A” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que sofreu do ato de abafar

Corpus desk

Index PT-abafado · abafado · Portuguese

abafado · rank #28,425 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,425
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 1,900
PHOTO-FINISH áspero

Nearest frequency peer: áspero (-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.

vigoroso

71,584
visionário

71,583
áspero

71,577
abafado

71,576
Adler

71,574
afegão

71,571

What this shows “abafado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

abafado vs abafar

71% similar

abafado vs atacado

71% similar

abafado vs acabado

71% similar

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

Key facts for abafado
Property	Value
Headword	abafado
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	/a.ba.ˈfa.du/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#28,425
Misspellings tracked	9
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “abafado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.abafadocai aqui:

#28,425

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “áspero” (#28,424), “Adler” (#28,427), “afegão” (#28,430). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “abafado” fica em #28,425. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around abafado (IPA /a.ba.ˈfa.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,425 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abafado, with forms such as "aabfado", "abaafdo", and "abafaddo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "abafar", "atacado", "acabado", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is abafado, spelled A-B-A-F-A-D-O.

Definition

1
que sofreu do ato de abafar
2
com pouca circulação de ar, mal ventilado, privado de ar, onde se respira mal
3
não fresco, mal ventilado: ar etc
4
agasalhado
5
amenizado, enfraquecido, fraco, débil (geralmente o som)
6
bloqueado, impedido, contido, reprimido
7
dissimulado
8
pesado, sufocante
9
que não foi divulgado, que não veio a público

Synonyms

abafadiçoabafanteasfixiadosufocadosufocante

This word in other languages

stuffy(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

aabfado
abaafdo
abafaddo
abafaod
abafdao
abaffado
abbafado
abfaado
baafado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abafado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "abafado"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abafado"?

"abafado" is spelled A-B-A-F-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /a.ba.ˈfa.du/.

What does "abafado" mean?

As an adjective, "abafado" means: que sofreu do ato de abafar

What words are commonly confused with "abafado"?

"abafado" is commonly confused with "abafar", "atacado", "acabado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "abafado"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abafado" is /a.ba.ˈfa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "abafado" come from?

"abafado" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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