cadeado

noun

The verdict

“cadeado” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #20,519 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#20,519
frequency rank, Portuguese
7
letters
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - objeto que bloqueia ou impede o acesso a uma determinada área ou coisa

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

cadeado vs cajado
71% similar
cadeado vs cansado
71% similar
cadeado vs causado
71% similar

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

Key facts for cadeado
PropertyValue
Headwordcadeado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,519
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cadeado” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cadeado lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for cadeado is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #20,519 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "objeto que bloqueia ou impede o acesso a uma determinada área ou coisa".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadeado, with forms such as "acdeado", "cadaedo", and "caddeado". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "cajado", "cansado", "causado", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is cadeado, spelled C-A-D-E-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    objeto que bloqueia ou impede o acesso a uma determinada área ou coisa

Synonyms

aloquete

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: acdeado,cadaedo,caddeado,cadeaddo,cadeaod,cadedao,caedado,ccadeado,cdaeado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadeado - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

acdeado2cadaedo2caddeado1cadeaddo1cadeaod2cadedao2caedado2ccadeado1
Edit distance from "cadeado"

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 "cadeado"?
"cadeado" is spelled C-A-D-E-A-D-O.
What does "cadeado" mean?
As a noun, "cadeado" means: objeto que bloqueia ou impede o acesso a uma determinada área ou coisa
What words are commonly confused with "cadeado"?
"cadeado" is commonly confused with "cajado", "cansado", "causado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "cadeado" come from?
"cadeado" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “cadeado”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-D-E-A-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “cajado” - see the side-by-side comparison. cadeado vs cajado
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list