awf
/ɔf/
"awf" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“awf” is uncommon English (frequency #90,167 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,167
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An elf.
Corpus desk
Index EN-awf · awf · English
awf · rank #90,167 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,167
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH avaricious
Nearest frequency peer: avaricious (-4 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 “awf”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- atresia
atresia
9,840 corpus weight
- avaricious
avaricious
9,838 corpus weight
- awf
awf
9,834 corpus weight
- backlink
backlink
9,830 corpus weight
- bagatelle
bagatelle
9,828 corpus weight
- bairn
bairn
9,827 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “awf” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | awf |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔf/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #90,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “awf” in English
Rare enough to double-check
awf is uncommon English at frequency #90,167 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɔf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for awf in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of auf, from Old Norse álfr. The correct English form is awf, spelled A-W-F.
Definition
- 1An elf.
- 2A fool or simpleton; an oaf.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how awf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the first fact that craves our attention is that the Alfar, (Elves, Awfs,) and Dvergar, (Dwarfs,) stand in contrast with each other
[…] the 'awfs' or elves, whose flint arrow-heads (awf-shot), shot in malice at cattle or human beings, are found everywhere in the houes and on the moors; […]
Etymology
Variant of auf, from Old Norse álfr.
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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