adulto
/a.ˈduw.tu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“adulto” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #3,656 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #3,656
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se do ser vivo que atingiu a maturidade do desenvolvimento fisiológico, intelectual e/ou emocional (no caso do ser humano, em torno dos vinte anos de idade)
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adulto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /a.ˈduw.tu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #3,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adulto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for adulto is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.ˈduw.tu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). Corpus data places it at rank #3,656 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for adulto, with forms such as "addulto", "adluto", and "adullto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "alto", "auto", "avulso", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is adulto, spelled A-D-U-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1diz-se do ser vivo que atingiu a maturidade do desenvolvimento fisiológico, intelectual e/ou emocional (no caso do ser humano, em torno dos vinte anos de idade)
- 2diz-se do indivíduo que atingiu a maioridade definida de alguma forma, seja cultural, religiosa, legal etc.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addulto,adluto,adullto,adulot,adultto,adutlo,audlto,daulto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adulto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “adulto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-D-U-L-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /a.ˈduw.tu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “alto” - see the side-by-side comparison. adulto vs alto
- 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.