abox
/əˈbɑks/adverb, adjective
abox is spelled A-B-O-X: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, abox means “Braced aback” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abox?
| Letters | 4: A-B-O-X |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th 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; 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 abox?
Abox appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th 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 abox?
- US /əˈbɑks/
Abox has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-abox.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with abox?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as abox from its last stressed vowel (/ɑks/):
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).
What does abox mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
Braced aback
adjective
- 1
Braced aback
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does abox come from?
From a- + box (“boxhaul”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).