Which to use
“adiado” is an adjective and “adição” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,170
- “adiado” frequency rank
- #8,565
- “adição” frequency rank
- 20735
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adiado | adição |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se atrasou | ato ou efeito de adir |
Letter map: adiado vs adição
Shared letters muted; letters that set adiado and adição apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. adiado (VCVVCV) and adição (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for adiado / adição
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adiado is anadjective and adiçãoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adiado is recorded at frequency rank #12,170, classified as anadj. adição is at rank #8,565, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.di.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 20735, this pair ranks #49,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adiado vs adição
Shared letters: adio. Private to "adiado": -. Private to "adição": ãç.
"adiado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "adição" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- adiado ← adaido · addiado · adiaddo · adiaod · adidao · aidado · daiado
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adiado" for "adição" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adiado" vs "adição" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "adiado" vs "adição" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "adiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adição" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adiado" and "adição" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adiado vs alado". 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 #49,704 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.