adorn
/əˈdɔɹn/verb
adorn is spelled A-D-O-R-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, adorn means “To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in adorn?
| Letters | 5: A-D-O-R-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is adorn?
Adorn appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce adorn?
- US /əˈdɔɹn/
- UK /əˈdɔː(ɹ)n/
Adorn has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-adorn.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with adorn?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as adorn from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹn/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: radon, andor, rando, andro.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of adorn
- adorns present, singular, he/she/it
- adorning participle, present
- adorned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adorn mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
a man adorned with noble statuary and columns
noun
- 1
obsoleteadornment
adjective
- 1
obsoleteadorned; ornate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adorn in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to make more beautiful and attractive:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | décorer, orner, parer |
| German | schmücken, zieren, verzieren |
| Portuguese | enfeitar, adornar, decorar |
| Spanish | adornar, ornar, engalanar, enchular |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does adorn come from?
From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre; from ad- + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).