adios

[ˈadjɔs]

/[ˈadjɔs]/ intj

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The verdict

“adios” is uncommon German (frequency #67,960 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,960
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - adios, tschüss, tschüs

Corpus desk

Index DE-adios · adios · German

adios · rank #67,960 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,960
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Adelstitel

Nearest frequency peer: Adelstitel (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „adios“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „adios“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adios
PropertyValue
Headwordadios
LanguageGerman
Part of speechInterjection
IPA[ˈadjɔs]
Letters5
Frequency rank#67,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „adios“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.adiosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Adelstitel“ (#67,959), „Adlern“ (#67,961), „actual“ (#67,958). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „adios“ bei #67,960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adios is uncommon German at frequency #67,960 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈadjɔs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "adios, tschüss, tschüs".

adios doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is adios, spelled A-D-I-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    adios, tschüss, tschüs

Synonyms

adieucześćdo widzeniapażegnaj

Antonyms

cześćwitaj

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 "adios"?
"adios" is spelled A-D-I-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈadjɔs].
What does "adios" mean?
As an interjection, "adios" means: adios, tschüss, tschüs
How do you pronounce "adios"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adios" is [ˈadjɔs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adios" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

alley#67,968axial#68,033bebte#68,044verso#67,848

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list