ADF
[ˌeɪ̯ˌdiːˈɛf]
The verdict
“ADF” is uncommon German (frequency #92,546 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,546
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abkürzung für englisch Automatic Direction Finder, ein bordseitiges Empfangsgerät zur Funknavigation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ADF |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˌeɪ̯ˌdiːˈɛf] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #92,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ADF” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ADF is uncommon German at frequency #92,546 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ˌeɪ̯ˌdiːˈɛf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ADF, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ADF, spelled A-D-F.
Definition
- 1Abkürzung für englisch Automatic Direction Finder, ein bordseitiges Empfangsgerät zur Funknavigation
- 2Abkürzung für Aktion Demokratischer Fortschritt, eine politische Partei, die in Deutschland 1969 zur Bundestagswahl kandidierte
- 3Abkürzung für Allgemeiner Deutscher Frauenverein
- 4Abkürzung für Allgemeine Datenbank für Forderungseinzug GmbH
- 5Abkürzung für englisch Automatic Document Feeder, ein automatischer Dokumenten- oder Vorlageneinzug für Telefaxgeräte und Kopierer von fünf bis maximal fünfzig Seiten bzw. Vorlagen
Synonyms
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.
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Using “ADF”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-D-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌeɪ̯ˌdiːˈɛf] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.