superabundance

noun

"superabundance" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“superabundance” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive.

Corpus desk

Index EN-superabundance · superabundance · English

superabundance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for superabundance
PropertyValue
Headwordsuperabundance
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “superabundance” in English

superabundanceranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

superabundance is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive.".

No misspelling variants are generated for superabundance in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From super- + abundance. The correct English form is superabundance, spelled S-U-P-E-R-A-B-U-N-D-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. We have not merely an abundance, but a superabundance of enemies at this time; they will need to stand in line to disagree with us.
  2. Perhaps very young girls, who do not know what to do with a superabundance of affection, run up a kind of romantic liking for each other; but it never lasts—one good-looking young man would break up all the female friendships that ever were formed.

Etymology

From super- + abundance.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "superabundance"?
"superabundance" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-A-B-U-N-D-A-N-C-E.
What does "superabundance" mean?
As a noun, "superabundance" means: An extreme abundance; abundance to a vast degree that seems almost excessive.
What is the origin of the word "superabundance"?
From super- + abundance. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list