adaptar
/ɐ.dɐˈp.taɾ/
The verdict
“adaptar” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,238. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,238
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - modificar um texto para torná-lo mais apropriado para um público ou para um meio de comunicação
Corpus desk
Index PT-adaptar · adaptar · Portuguese
adaptar · rank #7,238 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,238
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH acervo
Nearest frequency peer: acervo (-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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “adaptar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- vício
vício
92,766 corpus weight
- acervo
acervo
92,764 corpus weight
- adaptar
adaptar
92,763 corpus weight
- Alexander
Alexander
92,762 corpus weight
- almirante
almirante
92,761 corpus weight
- amanhecer
amanhecer
92,760 corpus weight
What this shows “adaptar” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adaptar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.dɐˈp.taɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “adaptar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around adaptar (IPA /ɐ.dɐˈp.taɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,238 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for adaptar, with forms such as "aadptar", "adapatr", and "adapptar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "adotar", "afastar", "adoptar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is adaptar, spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1modificar um texto para torná-lo mais apropriado para um público ou para um meio de comunicação
- 2acomodar uma coisa a outra
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adaptar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O tradutor adaptou a obra para um público mais jovem.
O teatrólogo adaptou o romance para ser apresentado no palco.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aadptar
- adapatr
- adapptar
- adaptarr
- adaptra
- adapttar
- adatpar
- addaptar
- adpatar
- daaptar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adaptar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adaptar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).