adegavsaldeiaTell them apart

Which to use

“adega” and “aldeia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,768
“adega” frequency rank
#2,300
“aldeia” frequency rank
23068
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adega aldeia
Definition lugar onde o vinho é armazenado pequena povoação rústica sem jurisdição própria

Letter map: adega vs aldeia

Shared letters muted; letters that set adega and aldeia apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
adega
6 ch
aldeia

Pair insight - adega / aldeia

adega and aldeia 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 23068, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adega is recorded at frequency rank #20,768, classified as anoun. aldeia is at rank #2,300, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aɫ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/.

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 23068, this pair ranks #46,831 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adega vs aldeia

Shared letters: ade. Private to "adega": g. Private to "aldeia": il.

"adega" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "aldeia" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adegaaddega · adeag · adegga · adgea · aedga · daega
  • aldeiaadleia · alddeia · aldeai · aldiea · aledia · alldeia · ladeia

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "adega" for "aldeia" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "adega" vs "aldeia" - which ranks higher?
"aldeia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,300 in our Portuguese list, against #20,768 for "adega". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "adega" and "aldeia".

  • Full dictionary entry for "adega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aldeia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,831 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adega" and "aldeia" 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 #46,831 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list