bab
/bæb/noun, verb
bab is spelled B-A-B: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bab means “A baby” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bab is babs.
How many letters and syllables are in bab?
| Letters | 3: B-A-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bab?
Bab appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bab?
- /bæb/
Bab has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bab.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with bab?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as bab.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: abb.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bab
- babs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- babbing participle, present
- babbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bab mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKinformalA baby.
- 2
A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms.
verb
- 1
To fish for eels using a bab.
noun
- 1
Initialism of blame avoidance behavior
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bab come from?
Clipping of babby (“baby”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).