aborto

noun

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The verdict

“aborto” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,688. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,688
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - remoção ou expulsão prematura de um embrião ou feto do útero, resultando na sua morte ou sendo por esta causada

Corpus desk

Index PT-aborto · aborto · Portuguese

aborto · rank #4,688 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,688
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH vaca

Nearest frequency peer: vaca (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “aborto”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “aborto” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

aborto vs about
67% similar
aborto vs aorta
67% similar
aborto vs agosto
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for aborto
PropertyValue
Headwordaborto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,688
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “aborto”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).abortocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vaca” (#4,687), “tribo” (#4,686), “admitir” (#4,690). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aborto” fica em #4,688. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around aborto, anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,688 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "remoção ou expulsão prematura de um embrião ou feto do útero, resultando na sua morte ou sendo por esta causada".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for aborto, with forms such as "abborto", "aborot", and "aborrto". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "about", "aorta", "agosto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is aborto, spelled A-B-O-R-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    remoção ou expulsão prematura de um embrião ou feto do útero, resultando na sua morte ou sendo por esta causada

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how aborto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jake só dá respostas ensaboadas quando é instada a responder a questões “espinhosas”, como sexo antes do casamento e aborto.

Synonyms

abaladuraamblose

This word in other languages

abortion(English)aborto(Español)avortement(Français)Schwangerschaftsabbruch(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abborto
  • aborot
  • aborrto
  • abortto
  • abotro
  • abroto
  • aobrto
  • baorto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aborto - 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.

abborto1aborot2aborrto1abortto1abotro2abroto2aobrto2baorto2
Edit distance from "aborto"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aborto"?
"aborto" is spelled A-B-O-R-T-O.
What does "aborto" mean?
As a noun, "aborto" means: remoção ou expulsão prematura de um embrião ou feto do útero, resultando na sua morte ou sendo por esta causada
What words are commonly confused with "aborto"?
"aborto" is commonly confused with "about", "aorta", "agosto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "aborto" come from?
"aborto" is a Portuguese 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

tentam#4,680relato#4,675record#4,674recado#4,673

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

ocupar8 variantsjogada8 variantseficaz8 variantsdragão8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list