Adela
/ˈæ.də.lə/
"adela" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Adela” is uncommon English (frequency #58,492 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,492
- 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-adela · Adela · English
Adela · rank #58,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,492
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH acolyte
Nearest frequency peer: acolyte (-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 “Adela”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ached
ached
41,511 corpus weight
- acolyte
acolyte
41,510 corpus weight
- Adela
Adela
41,509 corpus weight
- adorably
adorably
41,508 corpus weight
- adulterated
adulterated
41,507 corpus weight
- airfoil
airfoil
41,506 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Adela” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adela |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈæ.də.lə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,492 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Adela” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Adela is uncommon English at frequency #58,492 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈæ.də.lə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name from the Germanic languages.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Adela, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel. The correct English form is Adela, spelled A-D-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Etymology
Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel.
This word in other languages
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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