abrir

/ɐ.ˈbɾiɾ/

//ɐ.ˈbɾiɾ// verb

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The verdict

“abrir” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,038. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,038
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - levar de um estado fechado para um aberto, descerrar

Corpus desk

Index PT-abrir · abrir · Portuguese

abrir · rank #1,038 · 7 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,038
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH visão

Nearest frequency peer: visão (-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 “abrir”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “abrir” 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).

abrir vs air
60% similar
abrir vs Ari
40% similar
abrir vs arar
60% similar

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

Key facts for abrir
PropertyValue
Headwordabrir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.ˈbɾiɾ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,038
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “abrir”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “visão” (#1,037), “capacidade” (#1,040), “saiu” (#1,035). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “abrir” fica em #1,038. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around abrir (IPA /ɐ.ˈbɾiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,038 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for abrir, with forms such as "abbrir", "abirr", and "abrirr". 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, "air", "Ari", "arar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is abrir, spelled A-B-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    levar de um estado fechado para um aberto, descerrar
  2. 2
    destrancar (uma porta)
  3. 3
    inaugurar (um negócio)
  4. 4
    permitir a influência ou participação de agentes externos;
  5. 5
    desobstruir
  6. 6
    distanciar as unidades entre si

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Abrir uma padaria.
  2. O presidente abriu o mercado brasileiro de automóveis.

Antonyms

fecharcerrar

This word in other languages

open(English)abrir(Español)ouvrir(Français)öffnen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbrir
  • abirr
  • abrirr
  • abrri
  • abrrir
  • arbir
  • barir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

abbrir1abirr2abrirr1abrri2abrrir1arbir2barir2
Edit distance from "abrir"

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 "abrir"?
"abrir" is spelled A-B-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ˈbɾiɾ/.
What does "abrir" mean?
As a verb, "abrir" means: levar de um estado fechado para um aberto, descerrar
What words are commonly confused with "abrir"?
"abrir" is commonly confused with "air", "Ari", "arar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "abrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abrir" is /ɐ.ˈbɾiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abrir" come from?
"abrir" 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 "abrir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

visão#1,037capaz#1,041carta#1,042leste#1,051

Similar misspelling depth

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

matar7 variantspreso7 variantssonho7 variantsachar7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list