Which to use
“adotado” and “afetado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,492
- “adotado” frequency rank
- #10,641
- “afetado” frequency rank
- 18133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adotado | afetado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | quem foi legalmente acolhido como filho; que foi alvo de adoção | que mostra afetação, que não é natural ou é exagerado |
Letter map: adotado vs afetado
Shared letters muted; letters that set adotado and afetado apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. adotado and afetado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - adotado / afetado
adotado and afetado 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adotado is recorded at frequency rank #7,492, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/. afetado is at rank #10,641, tagged as anadj.
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 18133, this pair ranks #52,928 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adotado vs afetado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "adotado": -. Private to "afetado": ef.
"adotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "afetado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adotado" and "afetado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adotado" vs "afetado" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "adotado" vs "afetado" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "adotado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "afetado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,928 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adotado" and "afetado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afetado vs afinado". 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 #52,928 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.