adjoins

/əˈd͡ʒɔɪnz/

//əˈd͡ʒɔɪnz// verb

"adjoins" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“adjoins” is uncommon English (frequency #60,602 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,602
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of adjoin

Corpus desk

Index EN-adjoins · adjoins · English

adjoins · rank #60,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,602
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH absolut

Nearest frequency peer: absolut (-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 “adjoins”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “adjoins” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adjoins
PropertyValue
Headwordadjoins
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/əˈd͡ʒɔɪnz/
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “adjoins” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).adjoinsfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “absolut” (#60,601), “Aeschylus” (#60,603), “Abia” (#60,599). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “adjoins” is #60,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adjoins is uncommon English at frequency #60,602 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /əˈd͡ʒɔɪnz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of adjoin".

adjoins has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is adjoins, spelled A-D-J-O-I-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of adjoin

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adjoins"?
"adjoins" is spelled A-D-J-O-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is /əˈd͡ʒɔɪnz/.
What does "adjoins" mean?
As a verb, "adjoins" means: third-person singular simple present indicative of adjoin
How do you pronounce "adjoins"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adjoins" is /əˈd͡ʒɔɪnz/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adjoins" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adjoins", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list