Adar
"adar" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Adar” is an uncommon English word, ranked #90,113 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #90,113
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Adar” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Adar is 4 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #90,113 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Adar, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hebrew אֲדָר (adár). Doublet of Addaru. The correct English form is Adar, spelled A-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1The sixth month of the civil year and the twelfth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Shevat and before Nisan.
Etymology
From Hebrew אֲדָר (adár). Doublet of Addaru.
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.
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Using “Adar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-D-A-R - 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.