# abound

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈbaʊnd/ · frequency rank #20,278

## Definitions
1. To be full to overflowing; to bristle.
2. To be wealthy.
3. To be highly productive.
4. To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
5. To revel in.
6. To be copiously supplied.

## Etymology
* First attested around 1325.
* From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abundāre (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + undō (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”).

## Easily confused with
- **about** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abound-vs-about)
- **aloud** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abound-vs-aloud)
- **around** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abound-vs-around)
- **amount** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abound-vs-amount)
- **absurd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abound-vs-absurd)
- **aground** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abound-vs-aground)
- **aboard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aboard-vs-abound)

## Common misspellings (8)
`abbound`, `abonud`, `aboudn`, `aboundd`, `abounnd`, `abuond`, `aobund`, `baound`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/abound