abril

/aˈbɾiw/ [aˈbɾiʊ̯]

//aˈbɾiw/ [aˈbɾiʊ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“abril” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #561. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#561
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quarto mês do ano civil

Corpus desk

Index PT-abril · abril · Portuguese

abril · rank #561 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #561
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH vista

Nearest frequency peer: vista (-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 “abril”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “abril” 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).

abril vs Ari
40% similar
abril vs ágil
40% similar
abril vs abrir
80% similar

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

Key facts for abril
PropertyValue
Headwordabril
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/aˈbɾiw/ [aˈbɾiʊ̯]
Letters5
Frequency rank#561
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “abril”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).abrilcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vista” (#560), “acontece” (#562), “total” (#559). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “abril” fica em #561. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around abril (IPA /aˈbɾiw/ [aˈbɾiʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #561 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "quarto mês do ano civil".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for abril, with forms such as "abbril", "abirl", and "abrill". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Ari", "ágil", "abrir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 abril, spelled A-B-R-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    quarto mês do ano civil

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O mês de abril tem 30 dias.

This word in other languages

April(English)abril(Español)avril(Français)April(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbril
  • abirl
  • abrill
  • abrli
  • abrril
  • arbil
  • baril

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abril - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abbril1abirl2abrill1abrli2abrril1arbil2baril2
Edit distance from "abril"

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 "abril"?
"abril" is spelled A-B-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is /aˈbɾiw/ [aˈbɾiʊ̯].
What does "abril" mean?
As a noun, "abril" means: quarto mês do ano civil
What words are commonly confused with "abril"?
"abril" is commonly confused with "Ari", "ágil", "abrir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abril" is /aˈbɾiw/ [aˈbɾiʊ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abril" come from?
"abril" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vista#560total#559irmão#566festa#554

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

plano7 variantsviver7 variantslinha7 variantsolhos7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list