adegavsateiaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: adega is a noun, ateia is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“adega” is a noun and “ateia” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,768
“adega” frequency rank
#45,196
“ateia” frequency rank
65964
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adega ateia
Definition lugar onde o vinho é armazenado forma feminina de ateu:

Letter map: adega vs ateia

Shared letters muted; letters that set adega and ateia apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
adega
5 ch
ateia

Part-of-speech tell for adega / ateia

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adega is anoun and ateiaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adega is recorded at frequency rank #20,768, classified as anoun. ateia is at rank #45,196, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐˈtɛj.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 65964, this pair ranks #5,162 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of adega vs ateia

Shared letters: ae. Private to "adega": dg. Private to "ateia": it.

"adega" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "ateia" · 5 letters · shape VCVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adegaaddega · adeag · adegga · adgea · aedga · daega
  • ateiaaetia · ateai · atiea · atteia · taeia

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "adega" and "ateia" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "adega" is a noun and "ateia" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "adega" or "ateia"?
"adega" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,768 in our Portuguese list, against #45,196 for "ateia". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "adega" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ateia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #5,162 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adega" and "ateia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apneia 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 #5,162 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