abigail
/ˈa.bɪ.ɡeɪl/
"abigail" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abigail” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,528. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,528
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lady's maid.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abigail · abigail · English
abigail · rank #17,528 · 9 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,528
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abrupt
Nearest frequency peer: abrupt (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “abigail”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- wrecking
wrecking
82,478 corpus weight
- abigail
abigail
82,473 corpus weight
- abrupt
abrupt
82,472 corpus weight
- acronym
acronym
82,471 corpus weight
- adversity
adversity
82,469 corpus weight
- advertiser
advertiser
82,468 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “abigail” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abigail |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈa.bɪ.ɡeɪl/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abigail” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around abigail (IPA /ˈa.bɪ.ɡeɪl/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,528 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A lady's maid.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for abigail, with forms such as "abbigail", "abgiail", and "abiagil". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the name Abigail, as given to a waiting-maid in Beaumont and Fletcher's play The Scornful Lady. The correct English form is abigail, spelled A-B-I-G-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1A lady's maid.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abigail appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It was therefore concluded that the Abigails should, by turns, relieve each other on one of his lordship’s horses, which was presently equipped with a side-saddle for that purpose.
In the servants’ hall two coachmen and three gentlemen’s gentlemen stood or sat round the fire; the abigails, I suppose, were upstairs with their mistresses; the new servants, that had been hired from Millcote, were bustling about everywhere.
Etymology
From the name Abigail, as given to a waiting-maid in Beaumont and Fletcher's play The Scornful Lady.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbigail
- abgiail
- abiagil
- abigaill
- abigali
- abiggail
- abigial
- aibgail
- baigail
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abigail - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.