Abner
/ˈæb.nɚ/
"abner" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Abner” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #35,171. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,171
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A cousin of Saul mentioned in the Old Testament.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abner · Abner · English
Abner · rank #35,171 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,171
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aberystwyth
Nearest frequency peer: Aberystwyth (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Abner”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- zephyr
zephyr
64,834 corpus weight
- Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth
64,831 corpus weight
- Abner
Abner
64,830 corpus weight
- abstracted
abstracted
64,829 corpus weight
- ADR
ADR
64,828 corpus weight
- adversarial
adversarial
64,827 corpus weight
What this shows “Abner” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Abner |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæb.nɚ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #35,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Abner”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Abner (IPA /ˈæb.nɚ/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #35,171 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Abner, with forms such as "abbner", "abenr", and "abnerr". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Anne", "acne", "anew", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew אבנר (Abner, “father of light”). From אָב (av, “father”) + נור (nur, “light”). The correct English form is Abner, spelled A-B-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1A cousin of Saul mentioned in the Old Testament.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Abner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
Etymology
From Hebrew אבנר (Abner, “father of light”). From אָב (av, “father”) + נור (nur, “light”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbner
- abenr
- abnerr
- abnre
- anber
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Abner - 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.
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Same letter count
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