Ahab
/ˈeɪˌhæb/
"ahab" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ahab” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #41,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,986
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ahab · Ahab · English
Ahab · rank #41,986 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,986
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH airframe
Nearest frequency peer: airframe (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Ahab”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Agamemnon
Agamemnon
58,019 corpus weight
- ageless
ageless
58,018 corpus weight
- Ahab
Ahab
58,015 corpus weight
- airframe
airframe
58,014 corpus weight
- Alegre
Alegre
58,012 corpus weight
- Alessandra
Alessandra
58,011 corpus weight
What this shows “Ahab” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ahab |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈeɪˌhæb/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,986 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Ahab”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Ahab (IPA /ˈeɪˌhæb/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #41,986 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Ahab, with forms such as "aahb", "ahabb", and "ahba". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AKA", "ana", "ahh", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English Achab, from Latin Achab, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαάβ (Akhaáb), from Hebrew אַחְאָב (ʼAḥʼāḇ, “uncle”); from אַח (ʼaḥ, “brother”) + אָב (ʼāḇ, “father”). Attested in Akkadian as 𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍 (Aḫabbu). The correct English form is Ahab, spelled A-H-A-B.
Definition
- 1A king of Israel, mentioned in the Bible.
- 2A male given name from Hebrew, very rarely used.
Etymology
From Middle English Achab, from Latin Achab, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαάβ (Akhaáb), from Hebrew אַחְאָב (ʼAḥʼāḇ, “uncle”); from אַח (ʼaḥ, “brother”) + אָב (ʼāḇ, “father”). Attested in Akkadian as 𒀀𒄩𒀊𒁍 (Aḫabbu).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aahb
- ahabb
- ahba
- ahhab
- haab
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Ahab - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ahab", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).