abril

/[aˈβ̞ɾil]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#559

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

abril is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cuarto mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre marzo y mayo. Consta de 30 días. Pronounced [aˈβ̞ɾil]. It ranks #559 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ari and abro.

Key facts for abril
PropertyValue
Headwordabril
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aˈβ̞ɾil]
Letters5
Frequency rank#559
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for abril is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for abril, with forms such as "abbril", "abirl", and "abrill". 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, "ari", "abro", "ágil", 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 abril, spelled A-B-R-I-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuarto mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre marzo y mayo. Consta de 30 días.
  2. 2
    Etapa juvenil de la vida, previa a la edad adulta, en que figuradamente despiertan o florecen los romances, la energía joven y la sexualidad.
  3. 3
    Cosa 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for abril

Misspelling Variants of "abril"

abbril6abirl5abrill6abrli5abrril6arbil5baril5
Misspelling Variants of "abril"

Frequency rank: #559 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abril"?
"abril" is spelled A-B-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈβ̞ɾil].
What does "abril" mean?
As a noun, "abril" means: Cuarto mes del año en el calendario gregoriano, entre marzo y mayo. Consta de 30 días.
What words are commonly confused with "abril"?
"abril" is commonly confused with "ari", "abro", "ágil". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abril" is [aˈβ̞ɾil]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abril" come from?
"abril" 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.