abatement
/əˈbeɪt.mənt/
"abatement" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abatement” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #40,100 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,100
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abatement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈbeɪt.mənt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #40,100 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abatement” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for abatement is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈbeɪt.mənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #40,100 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for abatement, with forms such as "aabtement", "abaetment", and "abateemnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "amazement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English abatement, from Anglo-Norman abatre (“to abate”) (from Old French abatre), + -ment; equivalent to abate + -ment. The correct English form is abatement, spelled A-B-A-T-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
- 2The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.
- 3The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
- 4The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
- 5An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
- 6A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
- 7Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
- 8A beating down, a putting down.
- 9A quashing, a judicial defeat, the rendering abortive by law.
- 10Forcible entry of a stranger into an inheritance when the person seised of it dies, and before the heir or devisee can take possession; ouster.
- 11rebatement, real or imaginary marks of disgrace affixed to an escutcheon.
Etymology
From Middle English abatement, from Anglo-Norman abatre (“to abate”) (from Old French abatre), + -ment; equivalent to abate + -ment.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aabtement,abaetment,abateemnt,abatemennt,abatementt,abatemetn,abatemment,abatemnet,abatmeent,abattement,abbatement,abtaement,baatement
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abatement - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “abatement”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-B-A-T-E-M-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈbeɪt.mənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “amazement” - see the side-by-side comparison. abatement vs amazement
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.