abe
/əˈbi/verb
abe is spelled A-B-E: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, abe means “To be” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abe?
| Letters | 3: A-B-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.2 times per million words; the 12,578th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 abe?
Abe appears 4.2 times per million words in written English, the 12,578th 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 abe?
- UK /əˈbi/
Abe has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-Abe.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-abe.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abe?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abe from its last stressed vowel (/i/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bae.
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 abe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
UKTo be.
noun
- 1
USslangA five-dollar bill.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does abe come from?
Probably a- + be.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).