aba

//ˈa.bɐ// noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,719

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

aba is aPortuguesenoun. It means: parte saliente da beira das vestimentas, ou outros materiais de pano, para uso das pessoas, tais como vestido, paletó, toldo etc Pronounced /ˈa.bɐ/. Often confused with As and ao.

Key facts for aba
PropertyValue
Headwordaba
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈa.bɐ/
Letters3
Frequency rank#15,719
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aba in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for aba is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈa.bɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,719 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for aba in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "ao", "ar", 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 Portuguese form is aba, spelled A-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    parte saliente da beira das vestimentas, ou outros materiais de pano, para uso das pessoas, tais como vestido, paletó, toldo etc
  2. 2
    borda de um chapéu
  3. 3
    margem, beira, costa que limita um mar, rio ou lago
  4. 4
    extremidade ou parte saliente em obras de carpintaria, alvenaria, serralheria etc; em geral, trata-se de prolongamento de tampo de móveis (mesas etc), geralmente que se pode dobrar, e ligado ao móvel por dobras pequenas
  5. 5
    qualquer prolongamento de telhado além da prumada das paredes
  6. 6
    elemento gráfico que representa um conjunto de dados cuja exibição está vinculada a uma área adjacente
  7. 7
    parte saliente de uma embalagem (caixa etc)
  8. 8
    parte saliente de um envelope
  9. 9
    duas partes salientes de uma fralda
  10. 10
    duas partes salientes de um absorvente feminino
  11. 11
    extremidade de capa e/ou sobrecapa de um livro, dobrada para dentro, em geral com texto impresso; serve para separar o texto em leitura
  12. 12
    beiras de um gargalo
  13. 13
    parte saliente de uma ficha de arquivo, para identificar o seu conteúdo
  14. 14
    parte saliente de uma pasta suspensa, para identificar o seu conteúdo
  15. 15
    parte inferior de uma montanha

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #15,719 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aba"?
"aba" is spelled A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈa.bɐ/.
What does "aba" mean?
As a noun, "aba" means: parte saliente da beira das vestimentas, ou outros materiais de pano, para uso das pessoas, tais como vestido, paletó, toldo etc
What words are commonly confused with "aba"?
"aba" is commonly confused with "As", "ao", "ar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "aba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aba" is /ˈa.bɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aba" come from?
"aba" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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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.