cadete
/kɐ.ˈde.tɨ/
The verdict
“cadete” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #22,546 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #22,546
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diz-se do desportista ou da categoria entre os juvenis e juniores
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 | cadete |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kɐ.ˈde.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cadete” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for cadete is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kɐ.ˈde.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,546 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "diz-se do desportista ou da categoria entre os juvenis e juniores".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cadete, with forms such as "acdete", "caddete", and "cadeet". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "caneta", "colete", "careta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is cadete, spelled C-A-D-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1diz-se do desportista ou da categoria entre os juvenis e juniores
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: acdete,caddete,cadeet,cadette,cadtee,caedte,ccadete,cdaete
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cadete - 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 “cadete”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-A-D-E-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kɐ.ˈde.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “caneta” - see the side-by-side comparison. cadete vs caneta
- 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.