Which to use
“adaptado” and “adotado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,432
- “adaptado” frequency rank
- #7,492
- “adotado” frequency rank
- 16924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adaptado | adotado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ajustado; que se adaptou | quem foi legalmente acolhido como filho; que foi alvo de adoção |
Letter map: adaptado vs adotado
Shared letters muted; letters that set adaptado and adotado apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. adaptado runs 8 letters (VCVCCVCV) against adotado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: adaptado and adotado
adaptado and adotado are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adaptado is recorded at frequency rank #9,432, classified as anadj. adotado is at rank #7,492, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/.
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 16924, this pair ranks #54,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adaptado vs adotado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "adaptado": p. Private to "adotado": -.
"adaptado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVCV · "adotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "adaptado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adotado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adaptado" and "adotado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adorador vs adotado". 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 #54,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.