adiar

//ɐ.ˈdjaɾ// verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,651

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

adiar is aPortugueseverb. It means: deixar para outra data o que se tem para fazer Pronounced /ɐ.ˈdjaɾ/. Often confused with air and aia.

Key facts for adiar
PropertyValue
Headwordadiar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.ˈdjaɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,651
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for adiar is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.ˈdjaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,651 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "deixar para outra data o que se tem para fazer".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for adiar, with forms such as "adair", "addiar", and "adiarr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "air", "aia", "amar", 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 adiar, spelled A-D-I-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    deixar para outra data o que se tem para fazer

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adair,addiar,adiarr,adira,aidar,daiar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adiar

Misspelling Variants of "adiar"

adair5addiar6adiarr6adira5aidar5daiar5
Misspelling Variants of "adiar"

Frequency rank: #13,651 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adiar"?
"adiar" is spelled A-D-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈdjaɾ/.
What does "adiar" mean?
As a verb, "adiar" means: deixar para outra data o que se tem para fazer
What words are commonly confused with "adiar"?
"adiar" is commonly confused with "air", "aia", "amar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adiar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adiar" is /ɐ.ˈdjaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adiar" come from?
"adiar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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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.