adopter
/əˈdɒp.tə/
"adopter" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adopter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #48,045. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,045
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - one who adopts
Corpus desk
Index EN-adopter · adopter · English
adopter · rank #48,045 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #48,045
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH admixture
Nearest frequency peer: admixture (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “adopter”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- accruing
accruing
51,960 corpus weight
- acquit
acquit
51,959 corpus weight
- adjuvant
adjuvant
51,958 corpus weight
- admixture
admixture
51,957 corpus weight
- adopter
adopter
51,956 corpus weight
- aftershock
aftershock
51,954 corpus weight
What this shows “adopter” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adopter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈdɒp.tə/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #48,045 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “adopter”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around adopter (IPA /əˈdɒp.tə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,045 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "one who adopts".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for adopter, with forms such as "addopter", "adopetr", and "adoppter". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "adopt", "adopted", "adapted", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From adopt + -er. The correct English form is adopter, spelled A-D-O-P-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1one who adopts
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adopter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Google says the smartglasses are still in "beta" – prototype – form, despite being openly on sale, and that it wants early adopters to buy and use them and report back problems and suggestions so it can shape the future of the product, which is expected to eventually cost about the same as the average smartphone.
Etymology
From adopt + -er.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- addopter
- adopetr
- adoppter
- adopterr
- adoptre
- adoptter
- adotper
- adpoter
- aodpter
- daopter
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adopter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "adopter", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).