Which to use
“adega” is a noun and “afegão” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,768
- “adega” frequency rank
- #28,430
- “afegão” frequency rank
- 49198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adega | afegão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lugar onde o vinho é armazenado | de ou relativo ao Afeganistão, país asiático |
Letter map: adega vs afegão
Shared letters muted; letters that set adega and afegão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. adega runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against afegão's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for adega / afegão
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adega is anoun and afegãoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adega is recorded at frequency rank #20,768, classified as anoun. afegão is at rank #28,430, tagged as anadj, pronounced /a.feˈɡɐ̃w̃/ [a.feˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃].
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 49198, this pair ranks #15,862 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adega vs afegão
Shared letters: aeg. Private to "adega": d. Private to "afegão": foã.
"adega" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "afegão" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- adega ← addega · adeag · adegga · adgea · aedga · daega
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adega" for "afegão" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adega" vs "afegão" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "adega" and "afegão".
- Full dictionary entry for "adega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "afegão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,862 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adega" and "afegão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afegão vs alegro". 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 #15,862 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.