# abundant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈbʌn.dənt/ · frequency rank #9,991

## Definitions
1. Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
2. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
3. Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.

## Etymology
First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.

## Easily confused with
- **abundantly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abundant-vs-abundantly)
- **abundance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abundance-vs-abundant)

## Common misspellings (12)
`abbundant`, `abnudant`, `abudnant`, `abunadnt`, `abundannt`, `abundantt`, `abundatn`, `abunddant`, `abundnat`, `abunndant`, `aubndant`, `baundant`

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