ABV

noun

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"abv" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ABV” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #30,672) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#30,672
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of alcohol by volume.

Corpus desk

Index EN-abv · ABV · English

ABV · rank #30,672 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,672
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH absurdly

Nearest frequency peer: absurdly (-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.

Frequency neighbours of confusable “ABV”

Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below

corpus weight

What this shows Bars place “ABV” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ABV vs as
0% similar
ABV vs at
0% similar
ABV vs an
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ABV
PropertyValue
HeadwordABV
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#30,672
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus rank beside confusables of “ABV”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).ABVlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “absurdly” (#30,671), “ach” (#30,673), “abreast” (#30,670). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “ABV” is #30,672. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ABV is neighbouring look-alikes ("as", "at", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #30,672 among 3,931 “A” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No misspelling variants are generated for ABV in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "as", "at", "an", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is ABV, spelled A-B-V.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of alcohol by volume.
  2. 2
    Initialism of American-born Vietnamese.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ABV appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. At only 2% ABV, this brand of beer won't get you drunk cheaply.
  2. Divide in half to relate proof to ABV: whiskey that is 80 proof is 40% ABV.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ABV"?
"ABV" is spelled A-B-V.
What does "ABV" mean?
As a noun, "ABV" means: Initialism of alcohol by volume.
What words are commonly confused with "ABV"?
"ABV" is commonly confused with "as", "at", "an". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ABV" come from?
"ABV" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ABV", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ach#30,673zap#30,662BFF#30,702Cai#30,718

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list