adware
/ˈædˌwɛə/
"adware" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“adware” is uncommon English (frequency #77,383 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,383
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usual...
Corpus desk
Index EN-adware · adware · English
adware · rank #77,383 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,383
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH adoptable
Nearest frequency peer: adoptable (-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 “adware”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ackley
Ackley
22,622 corpus weight
- acquisitive
acquisitive
22,621 corpus weight
- adamantium
adamantium
22,620 corpus weight
- adoptable
adoptable
22,619 corpus weight
- adware
adware
22,618 corpus weight
- aerobatic
aerobatic
22,616 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “adware” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adware |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈædˌwɛə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #77,383 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “adware” in English
Rare enough to double-check
adware is uncommon English at frequency #77,383 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈædˌwɛə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usual...".
adware has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From ad + -ware. The correct English form is adware, spelled A-D-W-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1A software application that includes advertisements, which are displayed while the software is running. Developers use adware as a source of income and to keep the costs of the software down (usually making it free). Some adware programs can include spyware.
Etymology
From ad + -ware.
This word in other languages
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).