Which to use
“abortar” is a verb and “aborto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,175
- “abortar” frequency rank
- #4,688
- “aborto” frequency rank
- 24863
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abortar | aborto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | produzir antes do tempo | remoção ou expulsão prematura de um embrião ou feto do útero, resultando na sua morte ou sendo por esta causada |
Letter map: abortar vs aborto
Shared letters muted; letters that set abortar and aborto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. abortar runs 7 letters (VCVCCVC) against aborto's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for abortar / aborto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: abortar is averb and abortoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24863, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abortar is recorded at frequency rank #20,175, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.buɾ.ˈtaɾ/. aborto is at rank #4,688, tagged as anoun.
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 24863, this pair ranks #44,606 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abortar vs aborto
Shared letters: abort. Private to "abortar": -. Private to "aborto": -.
"abortar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "aborto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abortar" and "aborto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "abortar" vs "aborto" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "abortar" and "aborto". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "abortar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aborto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,606 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abortar" and "aborto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abarcar vs abortar". 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 #44,606 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.