dado
/ˈda.dʊ/
The verdict
“dado” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,067. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,067
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que foi entregado
Corpus desk
Index PT-dado · dado · Portuguese
dado · rank #1,067 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,067
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH culpa
Nearest frequency peer: culpa (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “dado”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- achar
achar
98,939 corpus weight
- cor
cor
98,936 corpus weight
- culpa
culpa
98,935 corpus weight
- dado
dado
98,934 corpus weight
- departamento
departamento
98,933 corpus weight
- emprego
emprego
98,930 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “dado” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | dado |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈda.dʊ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dado” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around dado (IPA /ˈda.dʊ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,067 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for dado, with forms such as "addo", "daddo", and "daod". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "do", "das", "dar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 dado, spelled D-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1que foi entregado
- 2concedido, outorgado
- 3que tem por costume
- 4que tem propensão a
- 5que se relaciona bem com os outros
- 6determinado, específico
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- addo
- daddo
- daod
- ddado
- ddao
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dado - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "dado". Here's where to go from here.
- "dado" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "do". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,067 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "D" letter cohort. D–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.