Which to use
“adega” is a noun and “areia” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,768
- “adega” frequency rank
- #2,988
- “areia” frequency rank
- 23756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adega | areia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lugar onde o vinho é armazenado | que tem cor de areia |
Letter map: adega vs areia
Shared letters muted; letters that set adega and areia apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for adega / areia
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adega is anoun and areiaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adega is recorded at frequency rank #20,768, classified as anoun. areia is at rank #2,988, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈɾɐj.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 23756, this pair ranks #46,011 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adega vs areia
Shared letters: ae. Private to "adega": dg. Private to "areia": ir.
"adega" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "areia" · 5 letters · shape VCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adega" and "areia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "adega" or "areia"?
Useful next steps
Pair "adega" vs "areia" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "adega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "areia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,011 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adega" and "areia" 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 #46,011 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.