# Adam

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈæd.əm/ · frequency rank #2,608

## Definitions
1. The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
2. A male given name from Hebrew.
3. Original sin or human frailty.
4. Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
5. Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
6. First human and first prophet of Islam.
7. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
8. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
9. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
10. A German surname originating as a patronymic.
11. The drug ecstasy.

## Etymology
From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).

## Easily confused with
- **AM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-am)
- **add** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-add)
- **arm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-arm)
- **aim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-aim)
- **ads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-ads)
- **AKA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-aka)
- **ana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-ana)
- **ATM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-atm)
- **aha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-aha)
- **ala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-ala)
- **Ava** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-ava)
- **ama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-ama)
- **ASA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-asa)
- **apa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-apa)
- **ara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-ara)
- **ado** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-ado)
- **aga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-aga)
- **ATA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-ata)
- **ADC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-adc)
- **ADP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adam-vs-adp)

## Common misspellings (5)
`aadm`, `adamm`, `addam`, `adma`, `daam`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adam