Adolfo
"adolfo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Adolfo” is uncommon English (frequency #51,528 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,528
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, equivalent to English Adolph.
Corpus desk
Index EN-adolfo · Adolfo · English
Adolfo · rank #51,528 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,528
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH agha
Nearest frequency peer: agha (+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 “Adolfo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ABH
ABH
48,476 corpus weight
- acharya
acharya
48,475 corpus weight
- Adolfo
Adolfo
48,473 corpus weight
- agha
agha
48,472 corpus weight
- Aintree
Aintree
48,470 corpus weight
- Alanis
Alanis
48,468 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Adolfo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adolfo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,528 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Adolfo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Adolfo is uncommon English at frequency #51,528 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A male given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, equivalent to English Adolph.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Adolfo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo. The correct English form is Adolfo, spelled A-D-O-L-F-O.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish, equivalent to English Adolph.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Adolfo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames last month was found guilty of a hate crime – a class "D" felony – third-degree harassment and reckless use of fire.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Adolfo.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).