Which to use
“abad” and “Adam” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,941
- “abad” frequency rank
- #4,033
- “Adam” frequency rank
- 43974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abad | Adam |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | abade, religioso superior de um mosteiro | Adão |
Where the eye mixes abad and Adam
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. abad and Adam follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: abad vs Adam
A purely visual mix-up. abad (/a'βad/) and Adam (/ˈaːdam/.) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abad is recorded at frequency rank #39,941, classified as anoun, pronounced /a'βad/. Adam is at rank #4,033, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaːdam/..
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43974, this pair ranks #21,592 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abad vs Adam
Shared letters: ad. Private to "abad": b. Private to "Adam": m.
"abad" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "Adam" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "abad" for "Adam" ever safe?
Frequency check: "abad" vs "Adam" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "abad" and "Adam" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Adam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,592 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abad" and "Adam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abad vs atar". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #21,592 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.