adubo

/ɐ.ˈdu.bu/

//ɐ.ˈdu.bu// noun

The verdict

“adubo” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #38,102. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,102
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estrume

Corpus desk

Index PT-adubo · adubo · Portuguese

adubo · rank #38,102 · 6 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,102
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aderente

Nearest frequency peer: aderente (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “adubo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “adubo” 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).

adubo vs auto
60% similar
adubo vs aluno
60% similar
adubo vs agudo
60% similar

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

Key facts for adubo
PropertyValue
Headwordadubo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɐ.ˈdu.bu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#38,102
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “adubo”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).adubocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “aderente” (#38,101), “absolute” (#38,095), “alicerce” (#38,114). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “adubo” fica em #38,102. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around adubo (IPA /ɐ.ˈdu.bu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #38,102 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for adubo, with forms such as "adbuo", "addubo", and "adubbo". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "auto", "aluno", "agudo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is adubo, spelled A-D-U-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    estrume
  2. 2
    tempero
  3. 3
    banha de porco usada como tempero

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adbuo
  • addubo
  • adubbo
  • aduob
  • audbo
  • daubo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adubo - 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.

adbuo2addubo1adubbo1aduob2audbo2daubo2
Edit distance from "adubo"

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 "adubo"?
"adubo" is spelled A-D-U-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈdu.bu/.
What does "adubo" mean?
As a noun, "adubo" means: estrume
What words are commonly confused with "adubo"?
"adubo" is commonly confused with "auto", "aluno", "agudo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adubo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adubo" is /ɐ.ˈdu.bu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adubo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list