adjacent
/əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/
"adjacent" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adjacent” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,851 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,851
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adjacent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #5,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adjacent” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for adjacent is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,851 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for adjacent, with forms such as "adajcent", "addjacent", and "adjaccent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Italic *jakēō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adi… The correct English form is adjacent, spelled A-D-J-A-C-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
- 2Just before, after, or facing.
- 3Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Italic *jakēō Latin iaceō Latin adiaceō Latin adiacēnsder. English adjacent Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adajcent,addjacent,adjaccent,adjacennt,adjacentt,adjacetn,adjacnet,adjaecnt,adjcaent,adjjacent,ajdacent,dajacent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adjacent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “adjacent”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-D-J-A-C-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /əˈd͡ʒeɪ.sənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.