Which to use
“adotado” and “agitado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,492
- “adotado” frequency rank
- #14,506
- “agitado” frequency rank
- 21998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adotado | agitado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | quem foi legalmente acolhido como filho; que foi alvo de adoção | abalado |
Where the eye mixes adotado and agitado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adotado and agitado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: adotado vs agitado
A purely visual mix-up. adotado (/ɐ.dɔ.ˈta.du/) and agitado ([a.ʒi.ˈta.do]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21998, 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/. agitado is at rank #14,506, tagged as anadj, pronounced [a.ʒi.ˈta.do].
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 21998, this pair ranks #48,147 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adotado vs agitado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "adotado": -. Private to "agitado": gi.
"adotado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "agitado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adotado" and "agitado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "adotado" or "agitado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "adotado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agitado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,147 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adotado" and "agitado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agitado vs agitador". 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 #48,147 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.