acordeão

noun

The verdict

“acordeão” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #46,144 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#46,144
frequency rank, Portuguese
8
letters
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - instrumento musical composto de teclado, fole que direcionam o ar por palhetas metálicas gerando som

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

acordeão vs acorde
75% similar
acordeão vs acordar
63% similar
acordeão vs acordado
75% similar

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

Key facts for acordeão
PropertyValue
Headwordacordeão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,144
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “acordeão” sits in Portuguese 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). acordeão lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for acordeão is 8 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #46,144 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for acordeão, with forms such as "accordeão", "acodreão", and "acorddeão". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "acorde", "acordar", "acordado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is acordeão, spelled A-C-O-R-D-E-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    instrumento musical composto de teclado, fole que direcionam o ar por palhetas metálicas gerando som
  2. 2
    acordeonista

Synonyms

acordeomacordeonagaitasanfona

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: accordeão,acodreão,acorddeão,acordeoã,acordãeo,acoredão,acorrdeão,acrodeão,aocrdeão,caordeão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of acordeão - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

accordeão1acodreão2acorddeão1acordeoã2acordãeo2acoredão2acorrdeão1acrodeão2
Edit distance from "acordeão"

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 "acordeão"?
"acordeão" is spelled A-C-O-R-D-E-Ã-O.
What does "acordeão" mean?
As a noun, "acordeão" means: instrumento musical composto de teclado, fole que direcionam o ar por palhetas metálicas gerando som
What words are commonly confused with "acordeão"?
"acordeão" is commonly confused with "acorde", "acordar", "acordado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "acordeão" come from?
"acordeão" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “acordeão”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-C-O-R-D-E-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “acorde” - see the side-by-side comparison. acordeão vs acorde
  • 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.

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

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