ade

[aˈdeː]

/[aˈdeː]/ phrase

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The verdict

“ade” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #25,874) as a phrase. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#25,874
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ehemals viel weiter verbreiteter, jetzt im Fränkischen, Schwäbischen und Oberschwäbischen beliebter Abschiedsgruß

Corpus desk

Index DE-ade · ade · German

ade · rank #25,874 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,874
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH abzuziehen

Nearest frequency peer: abzuziehen (-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.

Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „ade“

Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten

corpus weight

What this shows Balken platzieren „ade“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ade vs an
33% similar
ade vs am
33% similar
ade vs AG
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ade
PropertyValue
Headwordade
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aˈdeː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#25,874
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „ade“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.adeliegt auf dieser Marke:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „abzuziehen“ (#25,873), „adieu“ (#25,875), „abwägen“ (#25,872). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ade“ bei #25,874. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for ade is neighbouring look-alikes ("an", "am", …), not just typos; it is aphrase pronounced [aˈdeː]. Frequency #25,874 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Gloss: "ehemals viel weiter verbreiteter, jetzt im Fränkischen, Schwäbischen und Oberschwäbischen beliebter Abschiedsgruß".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ade in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "an", "am", "AG", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ade, spelled A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ehemals viel weiter verbreiteter, jetzt im Fränkischen, Schwäbischen und Oberschwäbischen beliebter Abschiedsgruß

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Nun ade, du mein lieb' Heimatland,
  2. „Lieb' Heimatland, ade! Es geht jetzt fort zum fernen Strand, lieb' Heimatland, ade! Und so sing ich denn mit frohem Mut, wie man singet, wenn man wandern tut, lieb' Heimatland, ade!“ (Soldatenliedweise aus Westfalen, vor 1851)

Synonyms

auf Wiederschauenbis baldgrüß Gott

Antonyms

guten Morgenguten Tagguten Abendgute Nacht

This word in other languages

goodbye(English)adiós(Español)adieu(Français)adeus(Português)

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ade"?
"ade" is spelled A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [aˈdeː].
What does "ade" mean?
As a phrase, "ade" means: ehemals viel weiter verbreiteter, jetzt im Fränkischen, Schwäbischen und Oberschwäbischen beliebter Abschiedsgruß
What words are commonly confused with "ade"?
"ade" is commonly confused with "an", "am", "AG". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ade"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ade" is [aˈdeː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ade" come from?
"ade" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

AAA#25,865cal#25,938CVP#25,950ste#25,778

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list