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“abri” and “ami” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,362
“abri” frequency rank
#13,434
“ami” frequency rank
19796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature abri ami
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo abrir amar, gostar de

Where the eye mixes abri and ami

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
abri
3 ch
ami

Visual trap between abri and ami

A purely visual mix-up. abri (/ɐ.ˈbɾi/) and ami (/ˈa.mi/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

abri is recorded at frequency rank #6,362, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ˈbɾi/. ami is at rank #13,434, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈa.mi/.

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 19796, this pair ranks #50,849 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of abri vs ami

Shared letters: ai. Private to "abri": br. Private to "ami": m.

"abri" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "ami" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abriabbri · abir · arbi · bari

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "abri" and "ami" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.ˈbɾi/ versus /ˈa.mi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "abri" or "ami"?
"abri" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,362 in our Portuguese list, against #13,434 for "ami". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "abri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ami" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,849 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "abri" and "ami" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ami". 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 #50,849 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