# abba

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈæb.ə/ · frequency rank #23,736

## Definitions
1. Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period.

## Etymology
From Middle English, from Latin, from Ancient Greek, from Aramaic אבא/ܐܒܐ (ʼaḇā, “father”); see abbot.

## Easily confused with
- **ABC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-abc)
- **AKA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-aka)
- **Abu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-abu)
- **ana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-ana)
- **abs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-abs)
- **ADA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-ada)
- **Abe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-abe)
- **aha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-aha)
- **ala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-ala)
- **Ava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-ava)
- **ACA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-aca)
- **ama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-ama)
- **ASA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-asa)
- **apa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-apa)
- **Abi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-abi)
- **ara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-ara)
- **ABD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-abd)
- **aga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-aga)
- **ATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-ata)
- **AFB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abba-vs-afb)

## Common misspellings (1)
`abab`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abba