associado
The verdict
“associado” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,202 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,202
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - integrante de uma associação ou sociedade; sócio
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 | associado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,202 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “associado” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for associado is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #4,202 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "integrante de uma associação ou sociedade; sócio".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for associado, with forms such as "asociado", "asosciado", and "asscoiado". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "associar", "associação", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is associado, spelled A-S-S-O-C-I-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1integrante de uma associação ou sociedade; sócio
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: asociado,asosciado,asscoiado,assocaido,assocciado,associaddo,associaod,associdao,assoicado,sasociado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of associado - 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 “associado”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-S-S-O-C-I-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “associar” - see the side-by-side comparison. associado vs associar
- 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.