adjutant bird

noun

"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

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Key facts for adjutant bird
PropertyValue
Headwordadjutant bird
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “adjutant bird” in English

adjutant birdranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, native to India and Southeast Asia.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how adjutant bird appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adjutant bird"?
"adjutant bird" is spelled A-D-J-U-T-A-N-T- -B-I-R-D.
What does "adjutant bird" mean?
As a noun, "adjutant bird" means: Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, native to India and Southeast Asia.
What language does "adjutant bird" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list