adoção

//a.doˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,487

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

adoção is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação ou resultado de adotar, de aceitar (alguém ou algo) Pronounced /a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #5,487 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with adotar and adorar.

Key facts for adoção
PropertyValue
Headwordadoção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,487
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for adoção is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,487 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for adoção, with forms such as "addoção", "adoãço", and "adoçoã". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "adotar", "adorar", "Adolfo", 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 adoção, spelled A-D-O-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação ou resultado de adotar, de aceitar (alguém ou algo)
  2. 2
    processo legal que consiste no ato de se aceitar espontaneamente como filho de determinada pessoa, desde que respeitadas as condições jurídicas para tal

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addoção,adoãço,adoçoã,adçoão,aodção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adoção

Misspelling Variants of "adoção"

addoção7adoãço6adoçoã6adçoão6aodção6
Misspelling Variants of "adoção"

Frequency rank: #5,487 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adoção"?
"adoção" is spelled A-D-O-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "adoção" mean?
As a noun, "adoção" means: ação ou resultado de adotar, de aceitar (alguém ou algo)
What words are commonly confused with "adoção"?
"adoção" is commonly confused with "adotar", "adorar", "Adolfo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adoção"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adoção" is /a.doˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adoção" come from?
"adoção" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.