abalienate
/æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/
"abalienate" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abalienate” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abalienate |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abalienate” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for abalienate is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /æbˈeɪl.jəˌneɪt/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for abalienate in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin abaliēnātus, perfect passive participle of abaliēnō (“alienate; remove”); from ab- (“by, from; away”) + aliēnō (“alienate, estrange”); from aliēnus (“foreign, alien”), from alius (“other, another”). Equivalent to ab- + alienate. The correct English form is abalienate, spelled A-B-A-L-I-E-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
- 2To estrange in feeling; to cause alienation of.
- 3To to cause loss or perversion of intellect.
Etymology
From Latin abaliēnātus, perfect passive participle of abaliēnō (“alienate; remove”); from ab- (“by, from; away”) + aliēnō (“alienate, estrange”); from aliēnus (“foreign, alien”), from alius (“other, another”). Equivalent to ab- + alienate.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is A-B-A-L-I-E-N-A-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.