adutor

adj

The verdict

“adutor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #80,932 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,932
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que aduz, aproxima ou transporta algo de um lugar a outro

Corpus desk

Index PT-adutor · adutor · Portuguese

adutor · rank #80,932 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,932
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH adágio

Nearest frequency peer: adágio (+2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “adutor”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “adutor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adutor
PropertyValue
Headwordadutor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#80,932
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “adutor” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).adutorcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “adágio” (#80,934), “aeroplano” (#80,935), “adestrado” (#80,927). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “adutor” fica em #80,932. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adutor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #80,932 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

adutor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is adutor, spelled A-D-U-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    que aduz, aproxima ou transporta algo de um lugar a outro
  2. 2
    que diz respeito ao músculo que faz o movimento de adução, em direção ao centro do corpo
  3. 3
    que diz respeito ao músculo que assegura o fechamento das conchas dos moluscos bivalves

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how adutor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. canal adutor

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 "adutor"?
"adutor" is spelled A-D-U-T-O-R.
What does "adutor" mean?
As an adjective, "adutor" means: que aduz, aproxima ou transporta algo de um lugar a outro
What language does "adutor" come from?
"adutor" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list