Abelard
/ˈæb.əˌlɑɹd/
"abelard" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Abelard” is uncommon English (frequency #74,702 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,702
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abelard · Abelard · English
Abelard · rank #74,702 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,702
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abnegation
Nearest frequency peer: abnegation (+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 “Abelard”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- AAV
AAV
25,302 corpus weight
- abductors
abductors
25,301 corpus weight
- Abelard
Abelard
25,299 corpus weight
- abnegation
abnegation
25,298 corpus weight
- Aitchison
Aitchison
25,292 corpus weight
- Akiba
Akiba
25,291 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Abelard” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abelard |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæb.əˌlɑɹd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,702 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Abelard” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Abelard is uncommon English at frequency #74,702 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈæb.əˌlɑɹd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Abelard, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Abélard, an extension of the Abel with an Germanic suffix -(h)ard. Possibly also regarded a variant of the German Eberhard "boar" + "hard", equivalent to English Everett. The correct English form is Abelard, spelled A-B-E-L-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 2A surname from French.
Etymology
From French Abélard, an extension of the Abel with an Germanic suffix -(h)ard. Possibly also regarded a variant of the German Eberhard "boar" + "hard", equivalent to English Everett.
This word in other languages
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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