abafado
/a.ba.ˈfa.du/
The verdict
“abafado” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #28,425 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #28,425
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que sofreu do ato de abafar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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) |
Where “abafado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for abafado is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.ba.ˈfa.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #28,425 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1que sofreu do ato de abafar
- 2com pouca circulação de ar, mal ventilado, privado de ar, onde se respira mal
- 3não fresco, mal ventilado: ar etc
- 4agasalhado
- 5amenizado, enfraquecido, fraco, débil (geralmente o som)
- 6bloqueado, impedido, contido, reprimido
- 7dissimulado
- 8pesado, sufocante
- 9que não foi divulgado, que não veio a público
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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 “abafado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-B-A-F-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.ba.ˈfa.du/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “abafar” - see the side-by-side comparison. abafado vs abafar
- 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.