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ABDL

A·B·D·L/ˌeɪˌbiːˌdiːˈɛl/noun

ABDL is spelled A-B-D-L: 4 letters and 4 syllables (A·B·D·L). It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ABDL means “Sexual practices involving paraphilic infantilism, sexual arousal that stems from pretending one is an infant (autonepiophilia) through the use of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ABDL is ABDLs.

How many letters and syllables are in ABDL?

Letters4: A-B-D-L
Syllables4: A·B·D·L
In writingabout once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

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).

How common is ABDL?

ABDL appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th 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 ABDL?

  • /ˌeɪˌbiːˌdiːˈɛl/

ABDL has 4 syllables, split A·B·D·L in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-NaomiAmethyst-ABDL.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of ABDL

  • ABDLs plural
  • AB/DL

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does ABDL mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Sexual practices involving paraphilic infantilism, sexual arousal that stems from pretending one is an infant (autonepiophilia) through the use of diapers and other paraphernalia, or sexual arousal attained from wearing diapers.

  2. 2

    Specifically, diaper fetishism; diaperism.

  3. 3

    colloquialA person who engages in ABDL practices; an adult baby or a diaper lover.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does ABDL come from?

Initialism of adult baby diaper lover.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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