Adorf
[ˈaːdɔʁf]
The verdict
“Adorf” is uncommon German (frequency #53,441 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,441
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kurzform von Adorf/Vogtl.; Stadt in Deutschland, Sachsen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adorf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈaːdɔʁf] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Adorf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Adorf is uncommon German at frequency #53,441 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈaːdɔʁf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Adorf doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Adorf, spelled A-D-O-R-F.
Definition
- 1Kurzform von Adorf/Vogtl.; Stadt in Deutschland, Sachsen
- 2ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Twist im Landkreis Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
- 3ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Diemelsee im Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen, Deutschland
- 4Kurzform von Adorf/Erzgeb.; ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Neukirchen/Erzgebirge im Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen, Deutschland
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 “Adorf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-D-O-R-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.