abad

\ˈɑː.bat\

/\ˈɑː.bat\/ noun

The verdict

“abad” is uncommon French (frequency #68,769 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,769
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abbé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-abad · abad · French

abad · rank #68,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,769
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aas

Nearest frequency peer: Aas (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « abad »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « abad » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for abad
PropertyValue
Headwordabad
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈɑː.bat\
Letters4
Frequency rank#68,769
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « abad » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).abadtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Aas » (#68,768), « abattages » (#68,770), « abstenez » (#68,771). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « abad » est au #68,769. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

abad is uncommon French at frequency #68,769 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈɑː.bat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abbé.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for abad in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is abad, spelled A-B-A-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abbé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Re hir oa e zoudanenn goulskoude, rak aon a zeblante kaout an abad da vale warnezi.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "abad"?
"abad" is spelled A-B-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈɑː.bat\.
What does "abad" mean?
As a noun, "abad" means: Abbé.
How do you pronounce "abad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "abad" is \ˈɑː.bat\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "abad" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "abad", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list