abc
[aβ̞eˈse]
The verdict
“abc” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,973 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,973
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Grafía alternativa de abecé.
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 | abc |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aβ̞eˈse] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #6,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “abc” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for abc is 3 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aβ̞eˈse]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,973 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Grafía alternativa de abecé.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for abc, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "al", "ah", "ay", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Spanish form is abc, spelled A-B-C.
Definition
- 1Grafía alternativa de abecé.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “abc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-B-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aβ̞eˈse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “al” - see the side-by-side comparison. abc vs al
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.