abutting
/əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/
"abutting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abutting” is an uncommon English word, ranked #55,887 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #55,887
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Facing each other, front to front.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abutting |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,887 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abutting” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for abutting is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,887 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Facing each other, front to front.".
abutting doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From abut + -ing. The correct English form is abutting, spelled A-B-U-T-T-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Facing each other, front to front.
Etymology
From abut + -ing.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abutting”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-B-U-T-T-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.