Abigail

[abiˈɡaɪ̯l]

/[abiˈɡaɪ̯l]/ name

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The verdict

“Abigail” is uncommon German (frequency #51,079 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,079
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-abigail · Abigail · German

Abigail · rank #51,079 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,079
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abkassieren

Nearest frequency peer: abkassieren (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Abigail“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Abigail“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Abigail
PropertyValue
HeadwordAbigail
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[abiˈɡaɪ̯l]
Letters7
Frequency rank#51,079
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Abigail“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Abigailfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „abkassieren“ (#51,080), „abgegolten“ (#51,077), „Abklatsch“ (#51,081). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Abigail“ bei #51,079. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Abigail is uncommon German at frequency #51,079 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [abiˈɡaɪ̯l]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".

Abigail doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Abigail, spelled A-B-I-G-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Abigail appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich kann Abigails ständiges Gemecker über das Wetter nicht mehr hören!

This word in other languages

Abigail(English)Abigaíl(Español)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Abigail"?
"Abigail" is spelled A-B-I-G-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is [abiˈɡaɪ̯l].
What does "Abigail" mean?
As a proper noun, "Abigail" means: weiblicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Abigail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Abigail" is [abiˈɡaɪ̯l]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Abigail" come from?
"Abigail" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Abigail", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

achtsam#51,086Adriano#51,089Ariadne#51,112Badeort#51,136

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list