adolescência

noun

The verdict

“adolescência” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,907
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - período da vida que sucede a infância e se estende até o fim da puberdade, antecedendo a idade adulta

Key facts for adolescência
PropertyValue
Headwordadolescência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Frequency rank#5,907
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “adolescência” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). adolescência lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around adolescência, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,907 among 4,352 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "período da vida que sucede a infância e se estende até o fim da puberdade, antecedendo a idade adulta".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for adolescência, with forms such as "addolescência", "adloescência", and "adoelscência". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is adolescência, spelled A-D-O-L-E-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    período da vida que sucede a infância e se estende até o fim da puberdade, antecedendo a idade adulta

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addolescência,adloescência,adoelscência,adolecsência,adolesccência,adolescnêcia,adolescêcnia,adolescêncai,adolescênccia,adolescênica,adolescênncia,adolesscência,adolesêcncia,adollescência,adolsecência,aodlescência,daolescência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addolescência1adloescência2adoelscência2adolecsência2adolesccência1adolescnêcia2adolescêcnia2adolescêncai2
Edit distance from "adolescência"

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 "adolescência"?
"adolescência" is spelled A-D-O-L-E-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A.
What does "adolescência" mean?
As a noun, "adolescência" means: período da vida que sucede a infância e se estende até o fim da puberdade, antecedendo a idade adulta
What are common misspellings of "adolescência"?
Common misspellings include "addolescência", "adloescência", "adoelscência", "adolecsência", "adolesccência". The correct spelling is "adolescência".
What language does "adolescência" come from?
"adolescência" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “adolescência”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-D-O-L-E-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list