abril
[aˈβ̞ɾil]
The verdict
“abril” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #559 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #559
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cuarto mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre marzo y mayo. Consta de 30 días.
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 | abril |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈβ̞ɾil] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abril” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for abril is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈβ̞ɾil]. Corpus data places it at rank #559 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for abril, with forms such as "abbril", "abirl", and "abrill". 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, "ari", "abro", "ágil", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is abril, spelled A-B-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1Cuarto mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre marzo y mayo. Consta de 30 días.
- 2Etapa juvenil de la vida, previa a la edad adulta, en que figuradamente despiertan o florecen los romances, la energía joven y la sexualidad.
- 3Cosa o persona agradable, especialmente por su apariencia o gentileza.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abbril,abirl,abrill,abrli,abrril,arbil,baril
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abril - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abril”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-R-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈβ̞ɾil] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ari” - see the side-by-side comparison. abril vs ari
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.