# adobe

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈdəʊ.bi/ · frequency rank #14,259

## Definitions
1. An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
2. The earth from which such bricks are made.
3. A house made of adobe brick.

## Etymology
From Spanish adobe, from Arabic اَلطُّوب (aṭ-ṭūb), from Sahidic Coptic ⲧⲱⲃⲉ (tōbe, “brick”), from Demotic Egyptian ⁠⁠ (tb, “brick”), from Egyptian Db-b-t:O39 (ḏbt, “brick, block, ingot”).

## Easily confused with
- **aloe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-aloe)
- **alone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-alone)
- **adopt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-adopt)
- **arose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-arose)
- **adore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-adore)
- **Adolf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-adolf)
- **awoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-awoke)
- **adorn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-adorn)
- **anode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-anode)
- **atone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-atone)
- **adored** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-adored)
- **Abe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abe-vs-adobe)
- **ado** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-adobe)
- **above** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/above-vs-adobe)
- **Adele** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adele-vs-adobe)
- **abode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abode-vs-adobe)
- **adage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adage-vs-adobe)
- **Addie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/addie-vs-adobe)

## Common misspellings (6)
`adboe`, `addobe`, `adobbe`, `adoeb`, `aodbe`, `daobe`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/adobe