Adorf

[ˈaːdɔʁf]

/[ˈaːdɔʁf]/ name

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Adorf
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdorf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈaːdɔʁf]
Letters5
Frequency rank#53,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Adorf“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Adorffällt 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: „Adlershof“ (#53,440), „Addis“ (#53,439), „Akquisition“ (#53,443). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Adorf“ bei #53,441. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Kurzform von Adorf/Vogtl.; Stadt in Deutschland, Sachsen
  2. 2
    ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Twist im Landkreis Emsland, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
  3. 3
    ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Diemelsee im Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hessen, Deutschland
  4. 4
    Kurzform von Adorf/Erzgeb.; ein Ortsteil der Gemeinde Neukirchen/Erzgebirge im Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Adorf liegt im Vogtland.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Adorf"?
"Adorf" is spelled A-D-O-R-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaːdɔʁf].
What does "Adorf" mean?
As a proper noun, "Adorf" means: Kurzform von Adorf/Vogtl.; Stadt in Deutschland, Sachsen
How do you pronounce "Adorf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adorf" is [ˈaːdɔʁf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Adorf" come from?
"Adorf" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list