# adept

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈdɛpt/ · frequency rank #18,747

## Definitions
1. Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient

## Etymology
Borrowed from French adepte, from Latin adeptus (“who has achieved”), the past participle of adipisci (“to attain”).

## Easily confused with
- **apt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-apt)
- **ADP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-adp)
- **appt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-appt)
- **agent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-agent)
- **adult** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-adult)
- **admit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-admit)
- **alert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-alert)
- **adopt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-adopt)
- **arent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-arent)
- **avert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-avert)
- **advent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-advent)
- **advert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-advert)
- **ardent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adept-vs-ardent)
- **Aden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-adept)
- **Adel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adel-vs-adept)
- **adapt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adapt-vs-adept)
- **Adele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adele-vs-adept)
- **accept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/accept-vs-adept)

## Common misspellings (7)
`addept`, `adeppt`, `adeptt`, `adetp`, `adpet`, `aedpt`, `daept`

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