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 May 6, 2026) - Either of two species of stork of the genus Leptoptilos, native to India and Southeast Asia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adjutant bird |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “adjutant bird” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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- The one correct English spelling is A-D-J-U-T-A-N-T- -B-I-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.