adotado

//ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du// adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,492

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

adotado is anPortugueseadj. It means: quem foi legalmente acolhido como filho; que foi alvo de adoção Pronounced /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/. It ranks #7,492 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with atado and adotar.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for adotado is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,492 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for adotado, with forms such as "addotado", "adoatdo", and "adotaddo". 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 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 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 adotado, spelled A-D-O-T-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adotado

Misspelling Variants of "adotado"

addotado8adoatdo7adotaddo8adotaod7adotdao7adottado8adtoado7aodtado7
Misspelling Variants of "adotado"

Frequency rank: #7,492 in Portuguese

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 adj, "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?
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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.