abend
/ˈæbɛnd/
"abend" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abend” is uncommon English (frequency #89,066 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,066
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The abnormal termination of a program.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abend · abend · English
abend · rank #89,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,066
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abducts
Nearest frequency peer: abducts (-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 “abend”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- AAVE
AAVE
10,939 corpus weight
- abdicating
abdicating
10,938 corpus weight
- abductees
abductees
10,937 corpus weight
- abducts
abducts
10,936 corpus weight
- abend
abend
10,935 corpus weight
- absentminde…
absentmindedly
10,933 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “abend” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abend |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæbɛnd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abend” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abend is uncommon English at frequency #89,066 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæbɛnd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for abend in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Blend of abnormal + end. The correct English form is abend, spelled A-B-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1The abnormal termination of a program.
- 2Termination of a process prior to completion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how abend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If the programmer can determine the particular file that was being accessed and that caused the Abend, or was in core at the time of the Abend, the solution would be closer at hand.
Etymology
Blend of abnormal + end.
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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