abril

[əˈβɾil]

/[əˈβɾil]/ noun

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The verdict

“abril” is uncommon French (frequency #81,737 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,737
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Avril.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abril · abril · French

abril · rank #81,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,737
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH abreuvoirs

Nearest frequency peer: abreuvoirs (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « abril »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abril » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abril
PropertyValue
Headwordabril
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[əˈβɾil]
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,737
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abril » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).abriltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « abreuvoirs » (#81,736), « actor » (#81,738), « admira » (#81,739). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abril » est au #81,737. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abril is uncommon French at frequency #81,737 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈβɾil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avril.".

No misspelling variants are generated for abril in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is abril, spelled A-B-R-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Avril.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abril"?
"abril" is spelled A-B-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [əˈβɾil].
What does "abril" mean?
As a noun, "abril" means: Avril.
How do you pronounce "abril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abril" is [əˈβɾil]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abril" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

actor#81,738agron#81,750arson#81,769Zooey#81,705

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list