adjutant bird
"adjutant-bird" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adjutant bird” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, native to India and Southeast Asia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-adjutant-bird · adjutant bird · English
adjutant bird · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adjutant bird |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adjutant bird” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adjutant bird is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, native to India and Southeast Asia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for adjutant bird in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is adjutant bird, spelled A-D-J-U-T-A-N-T- -B-I-R-D.
Definition
- 1Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, native to India and Southeast Asia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adjutant bird appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
When he recovered sufficiently to articulate, Bunson had stalked away, and Quin was regarding him benignly, like an adjutant bird who had just concluded an interesting experiment on a worm.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.