cadeia
/kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/
The verdict
“cadeia” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,838 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,838
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - local que serve de detenção temporária para criminosos de baixa periculosidade
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 | cadeia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cadeia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cadeia is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,838 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadeia, with forms such as "acdeia", "caddeia", and "cadeai". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "ceia", "cheia", "Cátia", 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 cadeia, spelled C-A-D-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1local que serve de detenção temporária para criminosos de baixa periculosidade
- 2uma série de objetos ou coisas concatenados um após o outro
- 3dois ou mais átomos (ou moléculas) ligados em sequência
- 4conjunto de estabelecimentos comerciais de uma mesma empresa
- 5emissoras de rádio, televisão, etc, transmitindo um mesmo programa
- 6no carro de bois, cada uma das travessas que inferiormente formam a mesa, unindo os varais da cheda
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acdeia,caddeia,cadeai,cadiea,caedia,ccadeia,cdaeia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadeia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “cadeia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-D-E-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ceia” - see the side-by-side comparison. cadeia vs ceia
- 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.