abac
/ˈeɪbæk/noun
abac is spelled A-B-A-C: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abac means “Synonym of nomogram” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abac is abacs.
How many letters and syllables are in abac?
| Letters | 4: A-B-A-C |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 23 million words; the 145,125th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abac?
Abac appears about once in every 23 million words in written English, the 145,125th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abac?
- US /ˈeɪbæk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Aika77-abac.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abac
- abacs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abac mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Synonym of nomogram.
noun
- 1
Initialism of attribute-based access control.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does abac come from?
Learned borrowing from French abaque, from Classical Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax). Doublet of abacus and abaque.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).