adega

noun

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The verdict

“adega” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,768. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,768
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lugar onde o vinho é armazenado

Corpus desk

Index PT-adega · adega · Portuguese

adega · rank #20,768 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,768
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH abstrato

Nearest frequency peer: abstrato (-5 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 “adega”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

adega vs área
40% similar
adega vs amiga
60% similar
adega vs areia
60% similar

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

Key facts for adega
PropertyValue
Headwordadega
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,768
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “adega”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).adegacai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “abstrato” (#20,763), “alvenaria” (#20,776), “wedding” (#20,754). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “adega” fica em #20,768. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around adega, anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,768 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "lugar onde o vinho é armazenado".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for adega, with forms such as "addega", "adeag", and "adegga". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "área", "amiga", "areia", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is adega, spelled A-D-E-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    lugar onde o vinho é armazenado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how adega appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Numa viagem, no porão da adega dos Pisanos, vi um monte de garrafas empilhadas. "O que é aquilo?", perguntei. "Riesling."

This word in other languages

cellar(English)cave(Français)Weinkeller(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addega
  • adeag
  • adegga
  • adgea
  • aedga
  • daega

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adega - 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.

addega1adeag2adegga1adgea2aedga2daega2
Edit distance from "adega"

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 "adega"?
"adega" is spelled A-D-E-G-A.
What does "adega" mean?
As a noun, "adega" means: lugar onde o vinho é armazenado
What words are commonly confused with "adega"?
"adega" is commonly confused with "área", "amiga", "areia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "adega" come from?
"adega" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vulgo#20,753veado#20,749banal#20,794blade#20,796

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

kris6 variantsfeixe6 variantsátomo6 variantstúlio6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list