abled
/ˈeɪ.bl̩d/
"abled" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abled” is uncommon English (frequency #67,198 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,198
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a range of physical powers as specified.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abled · abled · English
abled · rank #67,198 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,198
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH aboot
Nearest frequency peer: aboot (+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 “abled”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- abled
abled
32,803 corpus weight
- aboot
aboot
32,802 corpus weight
- acha
acha
32,801 corpus weight
- Adana
Adana
32,800 corpus weight
- admonish
admonish
32,798 corpus weight
- affectation
affectation
32,796 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “abled” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abled |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈeɪ.bl̩d/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #67,198 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “abled” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abled is uncommon English at frequency #67,198 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈeɪ.bl̩d/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having a range of physical powers as specified.".
abled has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from disabled. The correct English form is abled, spelled A-B-L-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having a range of physical powers as specified.
Etymology
Back-formation from disabled.
Antonyms
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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