adulterar
/ɐ.duɫ.tɨ.ˈɾaɾ/
The verdict
“adulterar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #63,275 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #63,275
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - falsificar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adulterar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.duɫ.tɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adulterar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for adulterar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.duɫ.tɨ.ˈɾaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #63,275 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.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adulterar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 adulterar, spelled A-D-U-L-T-E-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1falsificar
- 2corromper
- 3cometer adultério
Synonyms
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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 “adulterar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-D-U-L-T-E-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.duɫ.tɨ.ˈɾaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.