abutting
/əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/
"abutting" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“abutting” is uncommon English (frequency #55,887 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,887
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Facing each other, front to front.
Corpus desk
Index EN-abutting · abutting · English
abutting · rank #55,887 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,887
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH absolutism
Nearest frequency peer: absolutism (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “abutting”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Abdulaziz
Abdulaziz
44,116 corpus weight
- absolutism
absolutism
44,115 corpus weight
- abutting
abutting
44,114 corpus weight
- Accrington
Accrington
44,111 corpus weight
- adorno
adorno
44,110 corpus weight
- afterschool
afterschool
44,108 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “abutting” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “abutting” in English
Rare enough to double-check
abutting is uncommon English at frequency #55,887 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /əˈbʌt.ɪŋ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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