aberto
The verdict
“aberto” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,300 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,300
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - não fechado ou barrado
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 | aberto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,300 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aberto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for aberto is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #1,300 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 20 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aberto, with forms such as "abberto", "aberot", and "aberrto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "aero", "afeto", "alerta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is aberto, spelled A-B-E-R-T-O.
Definition
- 1não fechado ou barrado
- 2não coberto ou fechado
- 3que tem o interior imediatamente acessível (como por exemplo, uma caixa cuja tampa está levantada)
- 4construído de maneira a não ter uma cobertura em cima ou em um dos lados
- 5não ocupado por muitos prédios, árvores, cercas, etc
- 6sem uma cobertura protetora, sem proteção, exposto
- 7desdobrado
- 8sem restrições em relação a quem pode participar
- 9acessível ou disponível para ser usado
- 10pronto a realizar os negócios como de costume
- 11acessível a ofertas, pedidos, sugestões
- 12generoso
- 13não decidido
- 14diz-se de cidade que não é atacada pelos dois lados combatentes
- 15diz-se das áreas do mar onde não há impedimentos à navegação
- 16diz-se de porto disponível para atracamento
- 17diz-se de microfone em operação
- 18diz-se de vogal pronunciada com uma grande abertura acima da língua
- 19diz-se de classe de palavras que admite novos membros, como os substantivos, adjetivos, verbos; em oposição, as preposições formam um grupo fechado
- 20diz-se de intervalo não restrito em nenhuma das pontas
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abberto,aberot,aberrto,abertto,abetro,abreto,aebrto,baerto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aberto - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “aberto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-B-E-R-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “aero” - see the side-by-side comparison. aberto vs aero
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese 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.