aduela
/ɐ.ˈdwɛ.lɐ/
The verdict
“aduela” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tábua estreita e encurvada (utilizada no fabrico de pipas e tonéis)
Corpus desk
Index PT-aduela · aduela · Portuguese
aduela · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aduela |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ.ˈdwɛ.lɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aduela” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
aduela is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɐ.ˈdwɛ.lɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for aduela in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is aduela, spelled A-D-U-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1tábua estreita e encurvada (utilizada no fabrico de pipas e tonéis)
- 2tábua delgada que guarnece as ombreiras das portas
- 3pedra usada nos arcos das abóbodas
- 4costela
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