Adaline

name

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"adaline" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Adaline” is uncommon English (frequency #81,078 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,078
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Corpus desk

Index EN-adaline · Adaline · English

Adaline · rank #81,078 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,078
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH Acland

Nearest frequency peer: Acland (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “Adaline”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “Adaline” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Adaline
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdaline
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,078
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Adaline” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Adalinefalls in this rarity band:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Acland” (#81,077), “adenoma” (#81,079), “abstruse” (#81,076). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “Adaline” is #81,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Adaline is uncommon English at frequency #81,078 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from the Germanic languages.".

Adaline doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: A variant of Adeline. The correct English form is Adaline, spelled A-D-A-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Etymology

A variant of Adeline.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Adaline"?
"Adaline" is spelled A-D-A-L-I-N-E.
What does "Adaline" mean?
As a proper noun, "Adaline" means: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
What is the origin of the word "Adaline"?
A variant of Adeline. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

adenoma#81,079aileron#81,085Zenobia#81,060Zebedee#81,059

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list