abrazo

[aˈβ̞ɾaso]

/[aˈβ̞ɾaso]/ noun

The verdict

“abrazo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,641. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,641
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción de abrazar o rodear el cuello con los brazos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-abrazo · abrazo · Spanish

abrazo · rank #2,641 · 9 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,641
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH ventaja

Nearest frequency peer: ventaja (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “abrazo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “abrazo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

abrazo vs abro
67% similar
abrazo vs arado
67% similar
abrazo vs abrio
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for abrazo
PropertyValue
Headwordabrazo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈβ̞ɾaso]
Letters6
Frequency rank#2,641
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “abrazo”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).abrazocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “ventaja” (#2,640), “adultos” (#2,642), “textos” (#2,639). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “abrazo” va en #2,641. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around abrazo (IPA [aˈβ̞ɾaso]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,641 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abrazo, with forms such as "abarzo", "abbrazo", and "abraoz". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "abro", "arado", "abrio", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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. The correct Spanish form is abrazo, spelled A-B-R-A-Z-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de abrazar o rodear el cuello con los brazos.
  2. 2
    Acción y efecto de abrazar y abrazarse en general.
  3. 3
    Acción de beber.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how abrazo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Con fuerte abrazo ciñó Neblijar a su esposa al apearse del vagón; tierno fué su diálogo en el automóvil que hasta el palacio les condujo; alegre su entrada en el hogar.
  2. Nuestro hombre daba frecuentes abrazos a la botella.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abarzo
  • abbrazo
  • abraoz
  • abrazzo
  • abrrazo
  • abrzao
  • arbazo
  • avrazo
  • barazo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abrazo - 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.

abarzo2abbrazo1abraoz2abrazzo1abrrazo1abrzao2arbazo2avrazo1
Edit distance from "abrazo"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abrazo"?
"abrazo" is spelled A-B-R-A-Z-O. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈβ̞ɾaso].
What does "abrazo" mean?
As a noun, "abrazo" means: Acción de abrazar o rodear el cuello con los brazos.
What words are commonly confused with "abrazo"?
"abrazo" is commonly confused with "abro", "arado", "abrio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abrazo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abrazo" is [aˈβ̞ɾaso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abrazo" come from?
"abrazo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abrazo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list