adoto

/ɐ.ˈdɔ.tʊ/

//ɐ.ˈdɔ.tʊ// verb

The verdict

“adoto” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,488 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,488
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo adotar:

Corpus desk

Index PT-adoto · adoto · Portuguese

adoto · rank #92,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,488
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH admit

Nearest frequency peer: admit (-1 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “adoto”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “adoto” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adoto
PropertyValue
Headwordadoto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.ˈdɔ.tʊ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#92,488
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “adoto” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.adotocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “admit” (#92,487), “acreditável” (#92,480), “acertadamente” (#92,474). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “adoto” fica em #92,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adoto is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,488 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.ˈdɔ.tʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo adotar:".

adoto has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 adoto, spelled A-D-O-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo adotar:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how adoto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Não adoto todas as sugestões que me são feitas.

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 "adoto"?
"adoto" is spelled A-D-O-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈdɔ.tʊ/.
What does "adoto" mean?
As a verb, "adoto" means: primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo adotar:
How do you pronounce "adoto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adoto" is /ɐ.ˈdɔ.tʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adoto" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adoto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list