abay
/əˈbeɪ/obsolete
abay is spelled A-B-A-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abay means “Barking or baying of dogs at their prey” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abay?
| Letters | 4: A-B-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 171,907th 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 abay?
Abay appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th 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 abay?
- US /əˈbeɪ/
Abay 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-abay.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abay?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abay from its last stressed vowel (/eɪ/):
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).
What does abay mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
obsoleteBarking or baying of dogs at their prey.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does abay come from?
Inherited from Middle English abay, a-bay, from Old French abai, aboi, abay (“barking”), from the verb abayer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).