Which to use
“abrir” is a verb and “april” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,038
- “abrir” frequency rank
- #11,209
- “april” frequency rank
- 12247
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abrir | april |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | levar de um estado fechado para um aberto, descerrar | abril |
Where the eye mixes abrir and april
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses abrir with april
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: abrir is /ɐ.ˈbɾiɾ/ while april is /æ.ˈpʁiˑˀl/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abrir is recorded at frequency rank #1,038, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ˈbɾiɾ/. april is at rank #11,209, tagged as anoun, pronounced /æ.ˈpʁiˑˀl/.
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 12247, this pair ranks #60,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abrir vs april
Shared letters: air. Private to "abrir": b. Private to "april": lp.
"abrir" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "april" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abrir" and "april" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "abrir" or "april" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "abrir" and "april" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "abrir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "april" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abrir" and "april" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abrir vs arar". 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 #60,413 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.