idade

//i.ˈda.dɨ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#618

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

idade is aPortuguesenoun. It means: número de anos decorridos desde o nascimento de alguém Pronounced /i.ˈda.dɨ/. It ranks #618 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with idle and image.

Key facts for idade
PropertyValue
Headwordidade
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/i.ˈda.dɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#618
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for idade is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /i.ˈda.dɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #618 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for idade, with forms such as "diade", "iadde", and "idadde". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "idle", "image", "irado", and more, 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 idade, spelled I-D-A-D-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    número de anos decorridos desde o nascimento de alguém
  2. 2
    época histórica (ex.: Idade da Pedra, Idade do Bronze)
  3. 3
    parte de um período:

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: diade,iadde,idadde,idaed,iddade,iddae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for idade

Misspelling Variants of "idade"

diade5iadde5idadde6idaed5iddade6iddae5
Misspelling Variants of "idade"

Frequency rank: #618 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "idade"?
"idade" is spelled I-D-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /i.ˈda.dɨ/.
What does "idade" mean?
As a noun, "idade" means: número de anos decorridos desde o nascimento de alguém
What words are commonly confused with "idade"?
"idade" is commonly confused with "idle", "image", "irado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "idade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "idade" is /i.ˈda.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "idade" come from?
"idade" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our Portuguese index:

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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.