acabar
The verdict
“acabar” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #841 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #841
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - levar ao seu termo (levar a termo), perfazer, terminar, concluir
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | acabar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “acabar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for acabar is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. 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 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
- 1levar ao seu termo (levar a termo), perfazer, terminar, concluir
- 2estar no fim
- 3matar
- 4dar cabo: matar, assassinar
- 5ter fim, alcançar o final
- 6morrer
- 7ter como consequência
- 8terminar um compromisso amoroso (com alguém)
- 9ter fim, chegar ao desfecho, chegar ao fim
- 10extenuar 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
- 11ficar cansado, fatigado
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “acabar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-C-A-B-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “achar” - see the side-by-side comparison. acabar vs achar
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.