acabar

verb

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The verdict

“acabar” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#841
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - levar ao seu termo (levar a termo), perfazer, terminar, concluir

Corpus desk

Index PT-acabar · acabar · Portuguese

acabar · rank #841 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #841
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH tema

Nearest frequency peer: tema (-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 “acabar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “acabar” 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).

acabar vs achar
67% similar
acabar vs açúcar
50% similar
acabar vs atacar
67% similar

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

Key facts for acabar
PropertyValue
Headwordacabar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#841
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “acabar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.acabarcai 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 “tema” (#840), “americano” (#842), “ataque” (#843). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acabar” fica em #841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around acabar, averb. Corpus frequency is #841 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for acabar, with forms such as "aacbar", "acaabr", and "acabarr". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "achar", "açúcar", "atacar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is acabar, spelled A-C-A-B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    levar ao seu termo (levar a termo), perfazer, terminar, concluir
  2. 2
    estar no fim
  3. 3
    matar
  4. 4
    dar cabo: matar, assassinar
  5. 5
    ter fim, alcançar o final
  6. 6
    morrer
  7. 7
    ter como consequência
  8. 8
    terminar um compromisso amoroso (com alguém)
  9. 9
    ter fim, chegar ao desfecho, chegar ao fim
  10. 10
    extenuar a si usufruindo muito, fazer muito uso de modo intenso e/ou prolongado até não mais conseguir por cansaço ou fadiga; consumir muito dalgo empanturrando-se
  11. 11
    ficar cansado, fatigado

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Acabaram um trabalho.
  2. O trabalho acabou com ele.

Synonyms

rematarterminarconcluirarruinarencerrarterminarromperfindarmatar

Antonyms

começariniciar

This word in other languages

finish(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aacbar
  • acaabr
  • acabarr
  • acabbar
  • acabra
  • acbaar
  • accabar
  • caabar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aacbar2acaabr2acabarr1acabbar1acabra2acbaar2accabar1caabar2
Edit distance from "acabar"

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 "acabar"?
"acabar" is spelled A-C-A-B-A-R.
What does "acabar" mean?
As a verb, "acabar" means: levar ao seu termo (levar a termo), perfazer, terminar, concluir
What words are commonly confused with "acabar"?
"acabar" is commonly confused with "achar", "açúcar", "atacar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "acabar" come from?
"acabar" 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 "acabar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

ataque#843prisão#834jornal#827espera#825

Similar misspelling depth

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

comida8 variantsrápido8 variantsmodelo8 variantsopinião8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list