adepts
/ˈæd.ɛpts/
"adepts" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adepts” is uncommon English (frequency #68,804 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,804
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of adept
Corpus desk
Index EN-adepts · adepts · English
adepts · rank #68,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,804
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH abuts
Nearest frequency peer: abuts (-3 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 “adepts”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- abstractly
abstractly
31,202 corpus weight
- abuela
abuela
31,201 corpus weight
- abuts
abuts
31,200 corpus weight
- adepts
adepts
31,197 corpus weight
- Agosto
Agosto
31,194 corpus weight
- Ainu
Ainu
31,193 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “adepts” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adepts |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈæd.ɛpts/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adepts” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adepts is uncommon English at frequency #68,804 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈæd.ɛpts/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of adept".
adepts has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is adepts, spelled A-D-E-P-T-S.
Definition
- 1plural of adept
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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