abertavsabertoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: aberta is a noun, aberto is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aberta” is a noun and “aberto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,694
“aberta” frequency rank
#1,300
“aberto” frequency rank
2994
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aberta aberto
Definition fenda não fechado ou barrado

Letter map: aberta vs aberto

Shared letters muted; letters that set aberta and aberto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
aberta
6 ch
aberto

Role in the sentence - aberta and aberto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aberta is anoun and abertoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “aberta” becomes o in “aberto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aberta is recorded at frequency rank #1,694, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈbɛɾ.tɐ/. aberto is at rank #1,300, tagged as anadj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 2994, this pair ranks #72,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aberta vs aberto

Shared letters: abert. Private to "aberta": -. Private to "aberto": o.

"aberta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "aberto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abertaabberta · aberat · aberrta · abertta · abetra · abreta · aebrta · baerta
  • abertoabberto · aberot · aberrto · abertto · abetro · abreto · aebrto · baerto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aberta" for "aberto" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aberta" is a noun and "aberto" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aberta" or "aberto"?
"aberto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,300 in our Portuguese list, against #1,694 for "aberta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "aberta" and "aberto". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aberta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aberto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aberta" and "aberto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aberta vs aorta". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #72,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list