afogado

adj

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The verdict

“afogado” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,856. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,856
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se afogou

Corpus desk

Index PT-afogado · afogado · Portuguese

afogado · rank #22,856 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,856
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH adepto

Nearest frequency peer: adepto (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “afogado”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “afogado” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

afogado vs afogar
71% similar
afogado vs apoiado
71% similar
afogado vs apagado
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for afogado
PropertyValue
Headwordafogado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,856
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “afogado”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.afogadocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “adepto” (#22,853), “active” (#22,852), “acomodação” (#22,850). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “afogado” fica em #22,856. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around afogado, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,856 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for afogado, with forms such as "affogado", "afgoado", and "afoagdo". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "afogar", "apoiado", "apagado", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is afogado, spelled A-F-O-G-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se afogou
  2. 2
    banhado

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Afogado em lágrimas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • affogado
  • afgoado
  • afoagdo
  • afogaddo
  • afogaod
  • afogdao
  • afoggado
  • aofgado
  • faogado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of afogado - 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.

affogado1afgoado2afoagdo2afogaddo1afogaod2afogdao2afoggado1aofgado2
Edit distance from "afogado"

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 "afogado"?
"afogado" is spelled A-F-O-G-A-D-O.
What does "afogado" mean?
As an adjective, "afogado" means: que se afogou
What words are commonly confused with "afogado"?
"afogado" is commonly confused with "afogar", "apoiado", "apagado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "afogado" come from?
"afogado" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anónimo#22,865assente#22,871carreta#22,900casarão#22,902

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

embrião9 variantsfalácia9 variantsnocaute9 variantsmemory9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list