Abbreviations

The English Wiktionary records abbreviations for 4,050 of the words on PlainSpell; for 2,354 of them people search the abbreviation in the United States. The 150 most searched are listed here.

Words and their abbreviations

Word	Abbreviations	Google a month	Bing a month
abbreviation	a., abbr., abbrev., abbrevn, abbrv.	165,000	80
state	St., st	74,000	420
management	Mgmt., Mx, man., mangt., mgmt	22,200	1,280
tablespoon	tblspn, tbs, tbsp	27,100	960
example	ex.	22,200	1,070
suite	STE, Ste	12,100	800
medical	Med, med	18,100	290
teaspoon	tsp, tspn.	14,800	410
manager	man., mgr, mgr., mngr.	22,200	–
international	Int'l, int, int'l, intl., intnl	9,900	520
month	m, mm, mth	14,800	240
medicine	Med, med	18,100	20
what	wt, wym	14,800	30
monthly	mon.	14,800	–
pound	LB, Lb, Lb., l., lb	12,100	130
sergeant	sarge, sergt, sergt., sgt, sgt.	8,100	300
parkway	Pkwy, pkwy	5,400	410
established	est, est., estbd., estd, estd.	8,100	270
million	M, m, mil, milly, mn	6,600	340
lieutenant	LT, Lieut, Lt, lieut, loot	6,600	300
continue	cont	12,100	20
continued	cont, cont'd, contd, contd., ctd.	12,100	–
continuing	contg.	12,100	–
continuous	cont	12,100	–
miscellaneous	misc, miscell., miscl.	4,400	370
captain	Capt, Cpt, capt	6,600	250
boulevard	Blvd., bd, bd., blvd, blvd.	5,400	280
ounce	oz	8,100	120
apartment	APT, ap't, apt, apt.	6,600	180
internationally	intl.	9,900	–
approximate	approx.	8,100	90
associate	Assoc, Assoc., assoc.	6,600	130
inch	in, in.	6,600	120
attention	attensh, attn	2,900	300
quantity	q'ty, qty, quant, quant., qy	2,900	300
department	Dep't, dep, dep., dept.	4,400	220
township	Twp, Twp., twp	3,600	260
county	CO, Cnty., Co, Co., co.	3,600	250
maintenance	MRO, Maint.	3,600	240
highway	Hwy., hgwy, hwy, hwy.	3,600	230
building	bldg, bldg.	8,100	–
approximately	approx., approxly., apprx.	8,100	–
establishment	estab, stab	8,100	–
gallon	gal, gal.	4,400	180
service	Serv., serv, svc, svce	5,400	100
senior	Snr, Sr, sen., senr.	4,400	140
street	St., str	4,400	120
addition	addn, addn.	6,600	10
attorney	Atty, atty, atty.	3,600	160
foundation	Found., fdn., fndn.	2,900	190
association	Ass'n, Assoc, ass'n, assn, assoc	6,600	–
additional	add'l, addnl	6,600	–
associated	assd.	6,600	–
average	av, ave, avg.	3,600	140
colonel	Col., col.	3,600	120
diagnosis	Dx, diag	2,900	150
milliliter	mil	2,900	150
number	No., num	3,600	110
account	A/C, a., a/c, acc, acc.	3,600	110
center	Ctr., MOC, ctr, ctr.	2,400	170
chapter	c., ch, ch., chap, chap.	3,600	110
paragraph	par, para, para.	2,900	140
tomorrow	tm, tmr, tmrw, tmw, tomoz	4,400	60
construction	Constr., const., constr, constr., constrn.	2,400	160
mountain	Mt., mntn., mtn, mtn.	3,600	100
pint	pt	4,400	60
business	Bus., bus.	2,900	130
services	svcs	5,400	–
gram	g, gm., gr	3,600	90
liter	lit.	3,600	90
quarter	Q, qr, qtr	3,600	80
transfer	ADT, transf, transf., trfr., xfer	1,900	160
kilogram	kilo	3,600	70
milligram	mgrm.	3,600	70
supervisor	supe, superv., supv., supvr.	1,300	180
with	w, w/, wt, wth	3,600	60
year	Y, y, yr, yy	3,600	60
court	ct, ct.	2,400	120
circle	cir.	2,400	120
corporal	Cpl, Cpl., corp.	1,600	160
circa	Cir., c., ca., cca., cir.	2,400	120
penicillin	PCN	2,400	120
company	CO., Co, Co., co, co.	2,900	90
government	Gov't, gov, gov't, govmnt, govt	2,900	90
unknown	unk., unkn.	2,400	110
versus	v, v., vs.	2,400	110
manufacture	manuf	3,600	50
national	Nat'l, nat'l, natl.	1,600	140
terrace	Terr.	1,600	140
equipment	Equip., eqp, eqpt, equipt	1,900	120
specialist	spec, specl., speclst, speclst.	1,900	120
antibiotic	Abx, abx	1,900	120
subcutaneous	SC, s.c., subq	1,900	120
something	s.t., smt, smtg, smth, smthng	3,600	30
whatever	MAW, w/e, wtv, wtvr	3,600	30
kindergarten	K, KG, kinder	3,600	30
microgram	mike	2,400	90
emergency	Emer., emer	1,900	110
surgery	Sx, surg, surg.	1,900	110
meter	m	2,900	60
calcium	calc.	1,900	110
magnesium	mag	1,300	140
years	yrs	3,600	20
community	Cmty., com	1,600	120
professor	prof	1,600	120
agreement	agmt.	1,600	120
assistance	ASP	3,600	20
mount	Mt., mt.	3,600	20
avenue	Ave., av, ave	2,400	80
bachelor	B.	3,600	20
payment	FOP, TPO, payt, payt., pymt	1,900	100
expressway	ewy, expwy, expy	1,300	130
hydrochlorothiazide	HCT	880	150
officer	OFC, ofcr	1,600	110
weight	wt.	1,600	110
anniversary	Ann, anniv	2,400	70
quart	qt	2,400	70
standard	std	1,900	90
yard	yd.	2,900	40
numbers	nos	3,600	–
doctor	D., doc., dr	2,400	60
assistant	Ass't, Asst, ass., assist., asst	3,600	–
manufacturing	Mfg., manuf., mfg.	3,600	–
mountains	Mts	3,600	–
accounting	acc., acctg.	3,600	–
manufacturer	Mfr., mfger, mfr	3,600	–
manufactured	mfd	3,600	–
quarterly	qrly, qrtly, qtly, qtr, qtrly	3,600	–
whatsoever	whatso	3,600	–
accountant	acc., acct	3,600	–
second	sec, sec.	2,900	30
university	U, Univ., uni	1,900	80
replacement	repl.	1,300	110
page	p., pg, pg.	2,400	50
mile	m, mi.	2,400	50
between	b/w, bet., betw., btw, btwn	1,900	70
treatment	TPO	1,000	110
foot	ft	2,400	40
schedule	sched, sched., schedj	1,600	80
engineer	Eng'r, Engr, eng., engr, engr.	2,400	40
extension	ext.	1,000	110
committee	Comm., cmte, com, comm, cttee	1,300	90
estimated	estd, estd.	1,900	60
assessment	assmt.	1,300	90
oxygen	ox, oxy	1,900	60
diagnostic	diag	2,900	10
turnpike	Tpk., pike, tnpk, tpk, tpke	1,300	90
millimeter	mil, mill	1,900	60
hour	h, hr	2,400	30
address	add.	1,600	70

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract): entries tagged abbreviation, initialism or acronym. Searches: “abbreviation for …” and “… abbreviation” in the United States, the larger of the two (Google Ads and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026, read September 30, 2026). Ordered by searches, then by the word's written frequency; “–”: under 10 searches a month.