abounding
/əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/adjective, noun, verb
abounding is spelled A-B-O-U-N-D-I-N-G: 9 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, abounding means “Ample, plenty, abundant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abounding?
| Letters | 9: A-B-O-U-N-D-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 54,192nd 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 abounding?
Abounding appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 54,192nd 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 abounding?
- US /əˈbaʊn.dɪŋ/
Abounding has 3 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-abounding.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abounding?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abounding from its last stressed vowel (/aʊndɪŋ/):
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 abounding
- more abounding comparative
- most abounding superlative
- aboundings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abounding mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Ample, plenty, abundant.
abounding food
noun
- 1
An abundance.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of abound
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abounding in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense ample, plenteous, plenty:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | reichlich |
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.