Adorf
[ˈaːdɔʁf]
The verdict
“Adorf” is uncommon German (frequency #53,441 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,441
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurzform von Adorf/Vogtl.; Stadt in Deutschland, Sachsen
Corpus desk
Index DE-adorf · Adorf · German
Adorf · rank #53,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,441
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Adlershof
Nearest frequency peer: Adlershof (-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 „Adorf“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- acoustic
acoustic
46,563 corpus weight
- Addis
Addis
46,562 corpus weight
- Adlershof
Adlershof
46,561 corpus weight
- Adorf
Adorf
46,560 corpus weight
- Akquisition
Akquisition
46,558 corpus weight
- Akrobatik
Akrobatik
46,557 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Adorf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Adorf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Adorf is uncommon German at frequency #53,441 among 6,976 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Adorf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adorf liegt im Vogtland.
Die Ortsbezeichnung Adorf taucht sage und schreibe viermal in Deutschland auf.
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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