adular
/ɐ.du.ˈlaɾ/
The verdict
“adular” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #97,375 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #97,375
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - agir no sentido a agradar alguém
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adular |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.du.ˈlaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adular” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for adular is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.du.ˈlaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #97,375 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
adular has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is adular, spelled A-D-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1agir no sentido a agradar alguém
- 2admirar
- 3fazer carícias, acariciar, acarinhar
This word in other languages
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 “adular”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-D-U-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.du.ˈlaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.