cab
/kæb/noun, verb
cab is spelled C-A-B: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cab means “A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cab is cabs.
How many letters and syllables are in cab?
| Letters | 3: C-A-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 8.9 times per million words; the 7,672nd 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; 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 cab?
Cab appears 8.9 times per million words in written English, the 7,672nd 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 cab?
- /kæb/
Cab has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-cab.ogg, En-us-ncalif-cab.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with cab
Also written: kab.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with cab?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as cab.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cba, bac.
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 cab
- cabs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- cabbing participle, present
- cabbed participle, past
- kab
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cab mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
- 2
A similar compartment in other vehicles.
- 3
A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
- 4
Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.
- 5
Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
a cab ride
- 6
A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.
- 7
informalAn arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
- 8
Clipping of cabinet file (“a compressed library archive file”).
- 9
informalShort for cabernet sauvignon
- 10
Alternative form of Cab.
verb
- 1
To travel by taxicab.
noun
- 1
Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing.
- 2
Initialism of Cognition, Affect, and Behavior.
- 3
Initialism of caffeinated alcoholic beverage.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of Cabernet Sauvignon wine.
- 2
A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cab in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense compartment:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Führerhaus, Fahrerhaus, Führerkabine, Fahrerkabine |
| Portuguese | cabine, boleia |
| Spanish | cabina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cab come from?
Clipping of cabriolet.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).