about
The verdict
“about” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,361. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,361
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - praticamente
Corpus desk
Index PT-about · about · Portuguese
about · rank #6,361 · 6 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,361
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH abri
Nearest frequency peer: abri (+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 “about”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- visibilidade
visibilidade
93,643 corpus weight
- about
about
93,640 corpus weight
- abri
abri
93,639 corpus weight
- action
action
93,638 corpus weight
- adesão
adesão
93,637 corpus weight
- adicionar
adicionar
93,636 corpus weight
What this shows “about” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | about |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #6,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “about”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around about, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #6,361 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for about, with forms such as "abbout", "abotu", and "aboutt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "abo", "aborto", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is about, spelled A-B-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1praticamente
- 2cerca de, por cerca de
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how about appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To be about the same.
It is about the same size
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbout
- abotu
- aboutt
- abuot
- aobut
- baout
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of about - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "about", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).