acabar

verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#841

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

acabar is aPortugueseverb. It means: levar ao seu termo (levar a termo), perfazer, terminar, concluir It ranks #841 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with achar and açúcar.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of acabar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for acabar is 6 letters long, classified as averb. Corpus data places it at rank #841 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for acabar, with forms such as "aacbar", "acaabr", and "acabarr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "achar", "açúcar", "atacar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is acabar, spelled A-C-A-B-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aacbar,acaabr,acabarr,acabbar,acabra,acbaar,accabar,caabar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for acabar

Misspelling Variants of "acabar"

aacbar6acaabr6acabarr7acabbar7acabra6acbaar6accabar7caabar6
Misspelling Variants of "acabar"

Frequency rank: #841 in Portuguese

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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.