AOR

noun

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"aor" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“AOR” is uncommon English (frequency #52,775 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,775
frequency rank, English
3,931
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of address of record.

Corpus desk

Index EN-aor · AOR · English

AOR · rank #52,775 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,775
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,931
  • PHOTO-FINISH annunciation

Nearest frequency peer: annunciation (-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 “AOR”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “AOR” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for AOR
PropertyValue
HeadwordAOR
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#52,775
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “AOR” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).AORfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “annunciation” (#52,774), “angiogenesis” (#52,773), “archon” (#52,778). Among 3,931 “A” headwords, “AOR” is #52,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

AOR is uncommon English at frequency #52,775 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for AOR in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is AOR, spelled A-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Initialism of address of record.
  2. 2
    Initialism of album-oriented radio.
  3. 3
    Initialism of album-oriented rock.
  4. 4
    Initialism of adult-oriented rock.
  5. 5
    Initialism of auxiliary replenishment oiler.
  6. 6
    Initialism of area of responsibility.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how AOR appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. MTV is a singles medium, as is the hottest (warmest?) new radio strategy God help us, “adult contemporary”; even AOR devotes the contemporary portion of its programming to putative singles.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "AOR"?
"AOR" is spelled A-O-R.
What does "AOR" mean?
As a noun, "AOR" means: Initialism of address of record.
What language does "AOR" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "AOR", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

BEM#52,803CDI#52,847uke#52,691CIM#52,863

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list