adiós
"adios" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adiós” is uncommon English (frequency #93,373 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,373
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of adios.
Corpus desk
Index EN-adios · adiós · English
adiós · rank #93,373 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,373
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH acupuncturist
Nearest frequency peer: acupuncturist (-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 “adiós”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- acrylamide
acrylamide
6,632 corpus weight
- acrylonitri…
acrylonitrile
6,631 corpus weight
- acupuncturi…
acupuncturist
6,629 corpus weight
- adiós
adiós
6,628 corpus weight
- admonishment
admonishment
6,626 corpus weight
- AGIs
AGIs
6,625 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “adiós” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adiós |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #93,373 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adiós” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adiós is uncommon English at frequency #93,373 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of adios.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adiós, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is adiós, spelled A-D-I-Ó-S.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of adios.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adiós appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adiós, first-rate bagels and cream cheese and marmalade, fresh-squeezed juice and fresh-ground coffee, as we’ve adiósed already our fine firm king-size bed: […]
I say that if this is all the proof they have, adiós, you can go on your way.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).