Which to use
“adepto” is a noun and “adulto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,853
- “adepto” frequency rank
- #3,656
- “adulto” frequency rank
- 26509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adepto | adulto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | partidário | diz-se do ser vivo que atingiu a maturidade do desenvolvimento fisiológico, intelectual e/ou emocional (no caso do ser humano, em torno dos vinte anos de idade) |
Letter map: adepto vs adulto
Shared letters muted; letters that set adepto and adulto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. adepto and adulto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for adepto / adulto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adepto is anoun and adultoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adepto is recorded at frequency rank #22,853, classified as anoun. adulto is at rank #3,656, tagged as anadj, pronounced /a.ˈduw.tu/ ouvir ^(fonte ?).
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 26509, this pair ranks #42,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adepto vs adulto
Shared letters: adot. Private to "adepto": ep. Private to "adulto": lu.
"adepto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adulto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "adepto" vs "adulto" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "adepto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adulto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adepto" and "adulto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adulto vs avulso". 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 #42,647 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.