abrita

\a.bʁi.ta\

/\a.bʁi.ta\/ verb

The verdict

“abrita” is uncommon French (frequency #88,270 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,270
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe abriter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abrita · abrita · French

abrita · rank #88,270 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #88,270
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH ACB

Nearest frequency peer: ACB (+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 « abrita »

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 « abrita » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abrita
PropertyValue
Headwordabrita
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.bʁi.ta\
Letters6
Frequency rank#88,270
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abrita » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).abritatombe 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: « ACB » (#88,271), « achigan » (#88,272), « acquirent » (#88,273). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abrita » est au #88,270. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abrita is uncommon French at frequency #88,270 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \a.bʁi.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe abriter.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for abrita, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is abrita, spelled A-B-R-I-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe abriter.

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 "abrita"?
"abrita" is spelled A-B-R-I-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \a.bʁi.ta\.
What does "abrita" mean?
As a verb, "abrita" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe abriter.
How do you pronounce "abrita"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abrita" is \a.bʁi.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abrita" come from?
"abrita" is a French 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 French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list