ACAB
/eɪ siː eɪ ˈbiː/
"acab" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ACAB” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acronym of all cops (or coppers) are bastards, a political slogan protesting against police behavior.
Corpus desk
Index EN-acab · ACAB · English
ACAB · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ACAB |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | /eɪ siː eɪ ˈbiː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ACAB” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ACAB is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed /eɪ siː eɪ ˈbiː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acronym of all cops (or coppers) are bastards, a political slogan protesting against police behavior.".
ACAB doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is ACAB, spelled A-C-A-B.
Definition
- 1Acronym of all cops (or coppers) are bastards, a political slogan protesting against police behavior.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ACAB appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Another fairly common tattoo consists of a dot on four knuckles of one hand, with or without the letters ‘ACAB’. These letters stand for ALL COPPERS ARE BASTARDS.]
Having a tattoo or a bomberjack with the text '1312' or 'ACAB' (All Cops Are Bastards).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.