abalone
/æb.əˈloʊ.ni/noun
abalone is spelled A-B-A-L-O-N-E: 7 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abalone means “An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abalone is abalones.
How many letters and syllables are in abalone?
| Letters | 7: A-B-A-L-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is abalone?
Abalone appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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 abalone?
- UK /æb.əˈləʊ.ni/
- US /æb.əˈloʊ.ni/
- US /ˈæb.əˌloʊ.ni/
Abalone has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-abalone.ogg, En-ca-abalone.ogg, EN-AU_ck1_abalone.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abalone?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abalone from its last stressed vowel (/oʊni/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of abalone
- abalones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abalone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaCanadaUSAn edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
- 2
AustraliaCanadaUSThe meat of the aforementioned mollusc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abalone in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense edible univalve mollusc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ormeau, haliotide |
| German | Abalone, Meerohr, Seeohr |
| Portuguese | haliote, abalone |
| Spanish | oreja de mar, abulón, loco |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does abalone come from?
From American Spanish abulón, from an indigenous language of the Monterey Bay area such as Rumsen/Southern Ohlone aūlun (“red abalone”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).