adepto

noun

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The verdict

“adepto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,853. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,853
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - partidário

Corpus desk

Index PT-adepto · adepto · Portuguese

adepto · rank #22,853 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,853
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH active

Nearest frequency peer: active (-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 “adepto”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “adepto” 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).

adepto vs afeto
67% similar
adepto vs adulto
67% similar
adepto vs adesão
67% similar

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

Key facts for adepto
PropertyValue
Headwordadepto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,853
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “adepto”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “active” (#22,852), “acomodação” (#22,850), “afogado” (#22,856). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “adepto” fica em #22,853. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around adepto, anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,853 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "partidário".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for adepto, with forms such as "addepto", "adepot", and "adeppto". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "afeto", "adulto", "adesão", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 adepto, spelled A-D-E-P-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    partidário

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ele não é baladeiro, mas adepto do programa mais paulistano que existe: sair para comer, ir ao teatro e passear pelas livrarias.

This word in other languages

adherent(English)adepto(Español)adepte(Français)Anhänger(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addepto
  • adepot
  • adeppto
  • adeptto
  • adetpo
  • adpeto
  • aedpto
  • daepto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addepto1adepot2adeppto1adeptto1adetpo2adpeto2aedpto2daepto2
Edit distance from "adepto"

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 "adepto"?
"adepto" is spelled A-D-E-P-T-O.
What does "adepto" mean?
As a noun, "adepto" means: partidário
What words are commonly confused with "adepto"?
"adepto" is commonly confused with "afeto", "adulto", "adesão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "adepto" come from?
"adepto" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

active#22,852anseio#22,863verdão#22,831temido#22,813

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

assente8 variantssavana8 variantsdivido8 variantsmimada8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list