adoptar

//a.dɔp.ˈtar// verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,510

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

adoptar is aPortugueseverb. It means: adotar Pronounced /a.dɔp.ˈtar/. Often confused with adotar and adorar.

Key facts for adoptar
PropertyValue
Headwordadoptar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/a.dɔp.ˈtar/
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,510
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for adoptar is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.dɔp.ˈtar/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,510 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "adotar".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for adoptar, with forms such as "addoptar", "adopatr", and "adopptar". 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, "adotar", "adorar", "apontar", 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 adoptar, spelled A-D-O-P-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    adotar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addoptar,adopatr,adopptar,adoptarr,adoptra,adopttar,adotpar,adpotar,aodptar,daoptar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adoptar

Misspelling Variants of "adoptar"

addoptar8adopatr7adopptar8adoptarr8adoptra7adopttar8adotpar7adpotar7
Misspelling Variants of "adoptar"

Frequency rank: #22,510 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adoptar"?
"adoptar" is spelled A-D-O-P-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /a.dɔp.ˈtar/.
What does "adoptar" mean?
As a verb, "adoptar" means: adotar
What words are commonly confused with "adoptar"?
"adoptar" is commonly confused with "adotar", "adorar", "apontar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adoptar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adoptar" is /a.dɔp.ˈtar/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adoptar" come from?
"adoptar" 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.