Which to use
“adiado” and “adotado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,170
- “adiado” frequency rank
- #7,492
- “adotado” frequency rank
- 19662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adiado | adotado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que se atrasou | quem foi legalmente acolhido como filho; que foi alvo de adoção |
Letter map: adiado vs adotado
Shared letters muted; letters that set adiado and adotado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. adiado runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against adotado's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: adiado and adotado
adiado and adotado 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 19662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adiado is recorded at frequency rank #12,170, classified as anadj. adotado is at rank #7,492, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/.
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 19662, this pair ranks #51,034 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adiado vs adotado
Shared letters: ado. Private to "adiado": i. Private to "adotado": t.
"adiado" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "adotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adiado" and "adotado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "adiado" or "adotado"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "adiado" and "adotado".
- Full dictionary entry for "adiado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adotado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,034 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adiado" and "adotado" 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 #51,034 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.