adotado

/ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/

//ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du// adj

The verdict

“adotado” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,492. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,492
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quem foi legalmente acolhido como filho; que foi alvo de adoção

Corpus desk

Index PT-adotado · adotado · Portuguese

adotado · rank #7,492 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,492
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrepender

Nearest frequency peer: arrepender (+3 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 “adotado”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “adotado” 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).

adotado vs atado
71% similar
adotado vs adotar
71% similar
adotado vs apoiado
71% similar

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

Key facts for adotado
PropertyValue
Headwordadotado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,492
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “adotado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.adotadocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “arrepender” (#7,495), “articulação” (#7,496), “variados” (#7,487). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “adotado” fica em #7,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around adotado (IPA /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #7,492 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for adotado, with forms such as "addotado", "adoatdo", and "adotaddo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "atado", "adotar", "apoiado", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is adotado, spelled A-D-O-T-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    quem foi legalmente acolhido como filho; que foi alvo de adoção
  2. 2
    escolhido; que foi alvo de preferência; que foi selecionado para entrar em vigor
  3. 3
    sancionado; que foi admitido segundo a lei
  4. 4
    que se tem como particular ou de uso pessoal

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addotado
  • adoatdo
  • adotaddo
  • adotaod
  • adotdao
  • adottado
  • adtoado
  • aodtado
  • daotado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adotado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

addotado1adoatdo2adotaddo1adotaod2adotdao2adottado1adtoado2aodtado2
Edit distance from "adotado"

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 "adotado"?
"adotado" is spelled A-D-O-T-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/.
What does "adotado" mean?
As an adjective, "adotado" means: quem foi legalmente acolhido como filho; que foi alvo de adoção
What words are commonly confused with "adotado"?
"adotado" is commonly confused with "atado", "adotar", "apoiado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adotado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adotado" is /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adotado" come from?
"adotado" 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 "adotado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list