abolir

/[aβ̞oˈliɾ]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,641

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

abolir is aSpanishverb. It means: Dejar una norma o institución sin vigencia Pronounced [aβ̞oˈliɾ]. Often confused with abrir and abonar.

Key facts for abolir
PropertyValue
Headwordabolir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aβ̞oˈliɾ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,641
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of abolir in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for abolir is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞oˈliɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,641 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dejar una norma o institución sin vigencia".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for abolir, with forms such as "abbolir", "abloir", and "aboilr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "abrir", "abonar", "abogar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is abolir, spelled A-B-O-L-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dejar una norma o institución sin vigencia

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abbolir,abloir,aboilr,abolirr,abollir,abolri,aoblir,avolir,baolir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abolir

Misspelling Variants of "abolir"

abbolir7abloir6aboilr6abolirr7abollir7abolri6aoblir6avolir6
Misspelling Variants of "abolir"

Frequency rank: #23,641 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abolir"?
"abolir" is spelled A-B-O-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [aβ̞oˈliɾ].
What does "abolir" mean?
As a verb, "abolir" means: Dejar una norma o institución sin vigencia
What words are commonly confused with "abolir"?
"abolir" is commonly confused with "abrir", "abonar", "abogar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abolir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abolir" is [aβ̞oˈliɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abolir" come from?
"abolir" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.