adotar

//ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,258

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

adotar is aPortugueseverb. It means: assumir para si a responsabilidade jurídica de criar (criança ou adolescente): Pronounced /ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta/. It ranks #6,258 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with atar and altar.

Key facts for adotar
PropertyValue
Headwordadotar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta/
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,258
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for adotar is 6 letters long, classified as averb, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for adotar, with forms such as "addotar", "adoatr", and "adotarr". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "atar", "altar", "apoiar", 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 adotar, spelled A-D-O-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
    assumir para si a responsabilidade jurídica de criar (criança ou adolescente):
  2. 2
    cuidar de
  3. 3
    passar a utilizar:
  4. 4
    colocar em uso:
  5. 5
    seguir (carreira)
  6. 6
    dar aprovação a
  7. 7
    dotar

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addotar,adoatr,adotarr,adotra,adottar,adtoar,aodtar,daotar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adotar

Misspelling Variants of "adotar"

addotar7adoatr6adotarr7adotra6adottar7adtoar6aodtar6daotar6
Misspelling Variants of "adotar"

Frequency rank: #6,258 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adotar"?
"adotar" is spelled A-D-O-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta/.
What does "adotar" mean?
As a verb, "adotar" means: assumir para si a responsabilidade jurídica de criar (criança ou adolescente):
What words are commonly confused with "adotar"?
"adotar" is commonly confused with "atar", "altar", "apoiar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adotar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adotar" is /ɐ.dɔ.ˈtaɾ/, /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adotar" come from?
"adotar" 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.