Which to use
“adega” and “adesão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,768
- “adega” frequency rank
- #6,364
- “adesão” frequency rank
- 27132
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adega | adesão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lugar onde o vinho é armazenado | ato, processo ou efeito de aderir |
Letter map: adega vs adesão
Shared letters muted; letters that set adega and adesão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. adega runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against adesão's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: adega and adesão
adega and adesão 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 27132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adega is recorded at frequency rank #20,768, classified as anoun. adesão is at rank #6,364, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.dɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 27132, this pair ranks #41,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adega vs adesão
Shared letters: ade. Private to "adega": g. Private to "adesão": osã.
"adega" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "adesão" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- adega ← addega · adeag · adegga · adgea · aedga · daega
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "adega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adesão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adega" and "adesão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adega vs ateia". 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 #41,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.