abase
/əˈbeɪs/verb
abase is spelled A-B-A-S-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, abase means “To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abase?
| Letters | 5: A-B-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 28 million words; the 159,707th 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; 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 abase?
Abase appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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 abase?
- US /əˈbeɪs/
Abase has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-abase.ogg, En-ca-abase.ogg, En-au-abase.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abase?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abase from its last stressed vowel (/eɪs/):
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 abase
- abases present, singular, he/she/it
- abasing participle, present
- abased participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- 2
archaicTo lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
to abase the eye
- 3
obsoleteTo lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abase in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to lower so as to cause pain or hurt feelings:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | baisser, abaisser, rabaisser, humilier |
| German | erniedrigen |
| Portuguese | rebaixar, humilhar, abater, abaixar |
| Spanish | rebajar, degradar, humillar |
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.