abode
/əˈbəʊd/
"abode" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abode” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,365
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Act of waiting; delay.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abode · abode · English
abode · rank #24,365 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,365
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abomination
Nearest frequency peer: abomination (+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 “abode”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Yoko
Yoko
75,641 corpus weight
- abode
abode
75,636 corpus weight
- abomination
abomination
75,635 corpus weight
- acer
acer
75,634 corpus weight
- ACS
ACS
75,633 corpus weight
- acutely
acutely
75,632 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “abode” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | abode |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈbəʊd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #24,365 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abode” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around abode (IPA /əˈbəʊd/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,365 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for abode, with forms such as "abbode", "abdoe", and "abodde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "aide", "aloe", "about", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide. The correct English form is abode, spelled A-B-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Act of waiting; delay.
- 2Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
- 3A residence, dwelling or habitation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
Etymology
From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbode
- abdoe
- abodde
- aboed
- aobde
- baode
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abode - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abode", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "abode" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "aide". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #24,365 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.