Abaddon
/əˈbæ.dn̩/
"abaddon" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Abaddon” is uncommon English (frequency #67,987 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,987
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;
Corpus desk
Index EN-abaddon · Abaddon · English
Abaddon · rank #67,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,987
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Abbasi
Nearest frequency peer: Abbasi (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Abaddon”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 4F
4F
32,017 corpus weight
- Abaddon
Abaddon
32,014 corpus weight
- Abbasi
Abbasi
32,013 corpus weight
- Abbi
Abbi
32,012 corpus weight
- Abergavenny
Abergavenny
32,011 corpus weight
- abhors
abhors
32,010 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Abaddon” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abaddon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /əˈbæ.dn̩/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Abaddon” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Abaddon is uncommon English at frequency #67,987 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /əˈbæ.dn̩/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Abaddon, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from Late Latin Abaddōn, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”). The correct English form is Abaddon, spelled A-B-A-D-D-O-N.
Definition
- 1The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;
- 2Hell; the bottomless pit; a place of destruction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abaddon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In all her gates, Abaddon rues Thy bold attempt.
Etymology
From Middle English Abadon, Abbadon, Labadon, Laabadon, from Late Latin Abaddōn, from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓βᾰδδών (Ăbăddṓn), from Biblical Hebrew אֲבַדּוֹן (ʔăḇaddōn, “destruction; ruin”), from אבד (ʾāḇaḏ, “to be lost, to perish”).
This word in other languages
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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