abound
/əˈbaʊnd/verb
abound is spelled A-B-O-U-N-D: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, abound means “To be full to overflowing; to bristle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abound?
| Letters | 6: A-B-O-U-N-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,356th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is abound?
Abound appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,356th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abound?
- UK /əˈbaʊnd/
- US /əˈbaʊnd/
Abound has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-abound.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abound?
11 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abound from its last stressed vowel (/aʊnd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of abound
- abounds present, singular, he/she/it
- abounding participle, present
- abounded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abound mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To be full to overflowing; to bristle.
- 2
obsoleteTo be wealthy.
- 3
To be highly productive.
- 4
To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
- 5
To revel in.
- 6
To be copiously supplied.
The wilderness abounds in traps.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abound in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | überquellen , überbordend produktiv, übererfüllen , im Überfluss vorhanden sein, wimmeln , wimmeln von |
| Spanish | rebosar, rebosante , abundar, ser abundante |
| French | foisonner , abonder en, fourmiller de |
| Portuguese | abundar, ser abundante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.