daquela

//dɐ.ˈkɛ.lɐ// adv

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,472

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

daquela is anPortugueseadv. It means: em aquele tempo, em aquele momento, em tal ocasião, em aquela altura Pronounced /dɐ.ˈkɛ.lɐ/. It ranks #2,472 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with daquele and daquilo.

Key facts for daquela
PropertyValue
Headworddaquela
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdv
IPA/dɐ.ˈkɛ.lɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,472
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of daquela in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for daquela is 7 letters long, classified as anadv, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /dɐ.ˈkɛ.lɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,472 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for daquela, with forms such as "adquela", "daqeula", and "daqquela". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "daquele", "daquilo", "duquesa", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is daquela, spelled D-A-Q-U-E-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    em aquele tempo, em aquele momento, em tal ocasião, em aquela altura
  2. 2
    então

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: adquela,daqeula,daqquela,daqueal,daquella,daqulea,dauqela,ddaquela,dqauela

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for daquela

Misspelling Variants of "daquela"

adquela7daqeula7daqquela8daqueal7daquella8daqulea7dauqela7ddaquela8
Misspelling Variants of "daquela"

Frequency rank: #2,472 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "daquela"?
"daquela" is spelled D-A-Q-U-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is /dɐ.ˈkɛ.lɐ/.
What does "daquela" mean?
As an adv, "daquela" means: em aquele tempo, em aquele momento, em tal ocasião, em aquela altura
What words are commonly confused with "daquela"?
"daquela" is commonly confused with "daquele", "daquilo", "duquesa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "daquela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "daquela" is /dɐ.ˈkɛ.lɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "daquela" come from?
"daquela" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.