aboil
/əˈbɔɪl/
"aboil" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aboil” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a boil; boiling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-aboil · aboil · English
aboil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aboil |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈbɔɪl/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “aboil” in English
Rare enough to double-check
aboil is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈbɔɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for aboil in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From a- (“in, on”) + boil. The correct English form is aboil, spelled A-B-O-I-L.
Definition
- 1In a boil; boiling.
- 2Heated up; excited.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aboil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The cooking, I can tell you, kept her nose to the pot, and even if there was nothing in it, even though there was no pot, she had to keep watching that it came aboil just the same.
Being a devotee of the Johnny Weismuller school of Tarzaning, no wasp-waisted cartoon character can get my blood aboil.
Etymology
From a- (“in, on”) + boil.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.