abashed
/əˈbæʃt/
"abashed" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abashed” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abashed · abashed · English
abashed · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abashed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈbæʃt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abashed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abashed is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈbæʃt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.".
abashed doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is abashed, spelled A-B-A-S-H-E-D.
Definition
- 1Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abashed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So spake the Lord Goldry Bluszco, standing in great pride and splendour beneath the starry canopy, and scowling terribly on the Ambassador from Witchland, so that the Ambassador was abashed and his knees smote together.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.