ABCs
"abcs" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ABCs” is uncommon English (frequency #52,749 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,749
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The alphabet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abcs · ABCs · English
ABCs · rank #52,749 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,749
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abbess
Nearest frequency peer: abbess (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “ABCs”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- abattoir
abattoir
47,254 corpus weight
- abbess
abbess
47,253 corpus weight
- ABCs
ABCs
47,252 corpus weight
- Abidjan
Abidjan
47,251 corpus weight
- accede
accede
47,247 corpus weight
- accrual
accrual
47,246 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “ABCs” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ABCs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,749 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ABCs” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ABCs is uncommon English at frequency #52,749 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ABCs, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is ABCs, spelled A-B-C-S.
Definition
- 1The alphabet.
- 2A type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.
- 3Letters; writing; the skill of literacy.
- 4The alphabet, especially the English alphabet.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ABCs appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Do you know your ABC? (U.S.: Do you know your ABCs?)
He was busy learning his ABCs.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).