# adieu

> English word · Interjection · IPA /əˈdju/ · frequency rank #35,604

## Definitions
1. Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye.

## Etymology
From Middle English adieu also adew, adewe, adue, from Old French adieu (“to God”), a shortening of a Dieu vous comant (“I commend you to God”), from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Doublet of adios.

## Easily confused with
- **Arie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adieu-vs-arie)
- **alien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adieu-vs-alien)
- **Ariel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adieu-vs-ariel)
- **Adler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adieu-vs-adler)
- **Aries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adieu-vs-aries)
- **Adrien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adieu-vs-adrien)
- **Aden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-adieu)
- **Adel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adel-vs-adieu)
- **added** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/added-vs-adieu)
- **Addie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addie-vs-adieu)
- **adder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adder-vs-adieu)
- **Abreu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abreu-vs-adieu)

## Common misspellings (5)
`addieu`, `adeiu`, `adiue`, `aideu`, `daieu`

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