abundance
a·bun·dance/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/noun
abundance is spelled A-B-U-N-D-A-N-C-E, 3 syllables: a·bun·dance. The wrong spelling people search most is abudance: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 114 of all searches for the word. Abundance is a noun meaning “A large quantity; many”. The plural of abundance is abundances.
How many letters and syllables are in abundance?
| Letters | 9: A-B-U-N-D-A-N-C-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: a·bun·dance |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, abudance, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell abundance?
Abundance is spelled A-B-U-N-D-A-N-C-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 113 of the searches for abundance in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is abundance?
Abundance appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 abundance?
- UK /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
- US /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
- US /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/
Abundance has 3 syllables, split a·bun·dance in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-abundance.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of abundance
- abundances plural
- abundaunce
- habundance
- boundance
- aboundance
- abondance
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abundance mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A large quantity; many.
Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.
- 2
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
- 3
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
- 4
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
- 5
A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
- 6
A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
- 7
Scotlandenough, sufficiency.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abundance in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | abastanza (desus.), abundancia, abundamiento (desus.), ares y mares |
| French | abondance |
| German | Überfluss |
| Portuguese | abundância |
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.
Where does abundance come from?
From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound + -ance. Displaced Old English geniht (“abundance, plenty”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).