aborrecer
/ɐ.bu.Rɨ.ˈseɾ/
The verdict
“aborrecer” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #45,656 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #45,656
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - causar aborrecimento a
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 | aborrecer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.bu.Rɨ.ˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #45,656 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aborrecer” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for aborrecer is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ.bu.Rɨ.ˈseɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #45,656 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for aborrecer, with forms such as "abborrecer", "aborecer", and "aborercer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "adormecer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is aborrecer, spelled A-B-O-R-R-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1causar aborrecimento a
- 2enfadar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: abborrecer,aborecer,aborercer,aborrceer,aborreccer,aborrecerr,aborrecre,aborreecr,abrorecer,aobrrecer,baorrecer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aborrecer - 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 “aborrecer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-B-O-R-R-E-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ.bu.Rɨ.ˈseɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “adormecer” - see the side-by-side comparison. aborrecer vs adormecer
- 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.