aborto

/[aˈβ̞oɾt̪o]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,532

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

aborto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Interrupción voluntaria o espontánea del embarazo. Pronounced [aˈβ̞oɾt̪o]. It ranks #3,532 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with abro and arto.

Key facts for aborto
PropertyValue
Headwordaborto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈβ̞oɾt̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,532
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for aborto is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈβ̞oɾt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,532 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for aborto, with forms such as "abborto", "aborot", and "aborrto". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "abro", "arto", "adoro", 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 aborto, spelled A-B-O-R-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Interrupción voluntaria o espontánea del embarazo.
  2. 2
    Interrupción involuntaria de alguna actividad o acción sin que se pueda terminar.
  3. 3
    Interrupción voluntaria de alguna actividad o acción sin que se pueda terminar.
  4. 4
    Ser monstruoso y repugnante.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abborto,aborot,aborrto,abortto,abotro,abroto,aobrto,avorto,baorto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aborto

Misspelling Variants of "aborto"

abborto7aborot6aborrto7abortto7abotro6abroto6aobrto6avorto6
Misspelling Variants of "aborto"

Frequency rank: #3,532 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aborto"?
"aborto" is spelled A-B-O-R-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈβ̞oɾt̪o].
What does "aborto" mean?
As a noun, "aborto" means: Interrupción voluntaria o espontánea del embarazo.
What words are commonly confused with "aborto"?
"aborto" is commonly confused with "abro", "arto", "adoro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aborto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aborto" is [aˈβ̞oɾt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aborto" come from?
"aborto" 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.