# adorn

> English word · Verb · IPA /əˈdɔɹn/ · frequency rank #28,444

## Definitions
1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **ADR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-adr)
- **ARN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-arn)
- **Avon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-avon)
- **anon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-anon)
- **Amor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-amor)
- **Aron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-aron)
- **axon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-axon)
- **Alon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-alon)
- **aeon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-aeon)
- **agora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-agora)
- **Arora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-arora)
- **adorned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adorn-vs-adorned)
- **ado** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-adorn)
- **Aden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aden-vs-adorn)
- **adopt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adopt-vs-adorn)
- **admin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admin-vs-adorn)
- **adore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adore-vs-adorn)
- **adobe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adobe-vs-adorn)
- **Adolf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/adolf-vs-adorn)
- **abort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abort-vs-adorn)

## Common misspellings (7)
`addorn`, `adonr`, `adornn`, `adorrn`, `adron`, `aodrn`, `daorn`

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