absolve

verb

The verdict

“absolve” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,208
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - absolver

Corpus desk

Index PT-absolve · absolve · Portuguese

absolve · rank #48,208 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #48,208
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH abreviatura

Nearest frequency peer: abreviatura (-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 “absolve”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “absolve” 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).

absolve vs absolute
75% similar

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

Key facts for absolve
PropertyValue
Headwordabsolve
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,208
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “absolve”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).absolvecai 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 “abreviatura” (#48,207), “abominação” (#48,205), “ach” (#48,212). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “absolve” fica em #48,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around absolve, averb. Corpus frequency is #48,208 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "absolver".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for absolve, with forms such as "abbsolve", "aboslve", and "abslove". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "absolute", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 absolve, spelled A-B-S-O-L-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    absolver

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. To absolve a sin.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abbsolve
  • aboslve
  • abslove
  • absolev
  • absollve
  • absolvve
  • absovle
  • abssolve
  • asbolve
  • basolve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of absolve - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

abbsolve1aboslve2abslove2absolev2absollve1absolvve1absovle2abssolve1
Edit distance from "absolve"

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 "absolve"?
"absolve" is spelled A-B-S-O-L-V-E.
What does "absolve" mean?
As a verb, "absolve" means: absolver
What words are commonly confused with "absolve"?
"absolve" is commonly confused with "absolute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "absolve" come from?
"absolve" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list