abearance

/əˈbɛɹ.əns/

//əˈbɛɹ.əns// noun

"abearance" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“abearance” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Behavior.

Corpus desk

Index EN-abearance · abearance · English

abearance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for abearance
PropertyValue
Headwordabearance
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/əˈbɛɹ.əns/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “abearance” in English

abearanceranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abearance is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈbɛɹ.əns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Behavior.".

No misspelling variants are generated for abearance in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From abear + -ance. The correct English form is abearance, spelled A-B-E-A-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Behavior.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how abearance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The other species of recognizance, with sureties, is tor the good abearance or good behaviour.

Etymology

From abear + -ance.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abearance"?
"abearance" is spelled A-B-E-A-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈbɛɹ.əns/.
What does "abearance" mean?
As a noun, "abearance" means: Behavior.
How do you pronounce "abearance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abearance" is /əˈbɛɹ.əns/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "abearance"?
From abear + -ance. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list