abided

/əˈbaɪd.əd/

//əˈbaɪd.əd// verb

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"abided" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“abided” is uncommon English (frequency #78,320 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,320
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of abide

Corpus desk

Index EN-abided · abided · English

abided · rank #78,320 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,320
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aberdare

Nearest frequency peer: Aberdare (-1 rank slots)

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Long-tail ranks near “abided”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “abided” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abided
PropertyValue
Headwordabided
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/əˈbaɪd.əd/
Letters6
Frequency rank#78,320
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “abided” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).abidedfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “Aberdare” (#78,319), “absorbable” (#78,321), “ACG” (#78,325). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “abided” is #78,320. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abided is uncommon English at frequency #78,320 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈbaɪd.əd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of abide".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for abided, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is abided, spelled A-B-I-D-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of abide

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abided"?
"abided" is spelled A-B-I-D-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈbaɪd.əd/.
What does "abided" mean?
As a verb, "abided" means: simple past and past participle of abide
How do you pronounce "abided"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abided" is /əˈbaɪd.əd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abided", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zuniga#78,307Yoichi#78,299Aldine#78,344Alesha#78,347

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list