adotar
/ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta/
The verdict
“adotar” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #6,258 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #6,258
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - assumir para si a responsabilidade jurídica de criar (criança ou adolescente):
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adotar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adotar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for adotar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,258 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for adotar, with forms such as "addotar", "adoatr", and "adotarr". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "atar", "altar", "apoiar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is adotar, spelled A-D-O-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1assumir para si a responsabilidade jurídica de criar (criança ou adolescente):
- 2cuidar de
- 3passar a utilizar:
- 4colocar em uso:
- 5seguir (carreira)
- 6dar aprovação a
- 7dotar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addotar,adoatr,adotarr,adotra,adottar,adtoar,aodtar,daotar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adotar - 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.
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.
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Using “adotar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-D-O-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “atar” - see the side-by-side comparison. adotar vs atar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.