Which to use
“Adolfo” is a noun and “adulto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,184
- “Adolfo” frequency rank
- #3,656
- “adulto” frequency rank
- 23840
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Adolfo | adulto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo | 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: Adolfo vs adulto
Shared letters muted; letters that set Adolfo and adulto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Adolfo 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 Adolfo / adulto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Adolfo 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 23840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Adolfo is recorded at frequency rank #20,184, 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 23840, this pair ranks #45,902 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Adolfo vs adulto
Shared letters: adlo. Private to "Adolfo": f. Private to "adulto": tu.
"Adolfo" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adulto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Adolfo" for "adulto" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Adolfo" vs "adulto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Adolfo" and "adulto".
- Full dictionary entry for "Adolfo" 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 #45,902 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Adolfo" and "adulto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Adolfo vs adorno". 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 #45,902 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.