adentro

//ɐ.ˈdẽ.tɾu// adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,643

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

adentro is anPortugueseadv. It means: no interior Pronounced /ɐ.ˈdẽ.tɾu/. Often confused with antro and atento.

Key facts for adentro
PropertyValue
Headwordadentro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/ɐ.ˈdẽ.tɾu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,643
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of adentro in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for adentro is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈdẽ.tɾu/. Corpus data places it at rank #21,643 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for adentro, with forms such as "addentro", "adenntro", and "adenrto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "antro", "atento", "adepto", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is adentro, spelled A-D-E-N-T-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    no interior
  2. 2
    para dentro
  3. 3
    dentro de
  4. 4
    interiormente
  5. 5
    no íntimo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addentro,adenntro,adenrto,adentor,adentrro,adenttro,adetnro,adnetro,aedntro,daentro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adentro

Misspelling Variants of "adentro"

addentro8adenntro8adenrto7adentor7adentrro8adenttro8adetnro7adnetro7
Misspelling Variants of "adentro"

Frequency rank: #21,643 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adentro"?
"adentro" is spelled A-D-E-N-T-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈdẽ.tɾu/.
What does "adentro" mean?
As an adv, "adentro" means: no interior
What words are commonly confused with "adentro"?
"adentro" is commonly confused with "antro", "atento", "adepto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adentro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adentro" is /ɐ.ˈdẽ.tɾu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adentro" come from?
"adentro" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.