# Aden

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #25,270

## Definitions
1. A port city, the largest city in Yemen; the former capital of South Yemen.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan), probably from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (idīnum, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).

## Easily confused with
- **an** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-an)
- **AE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ae)
- **are** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-are)
- **age** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-age)
- **Ann** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ann)
- **ate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ate)
- **ads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ads)
- **ave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ave)
- **aye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-aye)
- **awe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-awe)
- **axe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-axe)
- **ale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ale)
- **ape** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ape)
- **ain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ain)
- **ado** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ado)
- **Ahn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ahn)
- **ADP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-adp)
- **aes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-aes)
- **AmE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ame)
- **Ayn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-ayn)

## Common misspellings (3)
`adden`, `adenn`, `aedn`

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