abra
/ˈæbɹə/
"abra" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abra” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,507) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #42,507
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 2
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a narrow mountain or mesa pass
Corpus desk
Index EN-abra · abra · English
abra · rank #42,507 · 2 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,507
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 2 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abate
Nearest frequency peer: abate (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “abra”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- Zhen
Zhen
57,499 corpus weight
- abate
abate
57,495 corpus weight
- abra
abra
57,494 corpus weight
- accesses
accesses
57,493 corpus weight
- adenosine
adenosine
57,492 corpus weight
- adjuster
adjuster
57,490 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “abra” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæbɹə/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #42,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 2 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “abra”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for abra is neighbouring look-alikes ("AR", "are", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈæbɹə/. Frequency #42,507 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Gloss: "a narrow mountain or mesa pass".
Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for abra, including "abar" and "abbra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AR", "are", "air", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish abra. Doublet of haven. The correct English form is abra, spelled A-B-R-A.
Definition
- 1a narrow mountain or mesa pass
Etymology
From Spanish abra. Doublet of haven.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abar
- abbra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abra - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abra", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).