abolish
/əˈbɒlɪʃ/
"abolish" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abolish” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,315. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,315
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abolish · abolish · English
abolish · rank #15,315 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #15,315
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Abel
Nearest frequency peer: Abel (-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 “abolish”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- 3M
3M
84,689 corpus weight
- Abel
Abel
84,687 corpus weight
- abolish
abolish
84,686 corpus weight
- ACA
ACA
84,685 corpus weight
- accessing
accessing
84,684 corpus weight
- accommodati…
accommodations
84,683 corpus weight
What this shows “abolish” 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 | abolish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈbɒlɪʃ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #15,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “abolish”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around abolish (IPA /əˈbɒlɪʃ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,315 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for abolish, with forms such as "abbolish", "abloish", and "aboilsh". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "abolished", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”). The correct English form is abolish, spelled A-B-O-L-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
- 2To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how abolish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Slavery was abolished in the nineteenth century.
The abolition of the death penalty in international law
Etymology
From late Middle English abolisshen, from Middle French aboliss-, extended stem of abolir, from Latin abolēre (“to retard, check the growth of, (and by extension) destroy, abolish”), and inchoative abolēscere (“to wither, vanish, cease”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- abbolish
- abloish
- aboilsh
- abolihs
- abolishh
- abolissh
- abollish
- abolsih
- aoblish
- baolish
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of abolish - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abolish", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (10 here; floor ≥5).