Adama

\a.da.ma\

/\a.da.ma\/ name

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The verdict

“Adama” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,338
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adama · Adama · French

Adama · rank #20,338 · 6 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,338
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acronyme

Nearest frequency peer: acronyme (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Adama »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Adama » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Adama vs ama
60% similar
Adama vs ADM
20% similar
Adama vs alma
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Adama
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdama
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.da.ma\
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,338
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Adama »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Adamase place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « acronyme » (#20,337), « additionnels » (#20,339), « abattoirs » (#20,335). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Adama » est au #20,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Adama (IPA \a.da.ma\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,338 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Adama, with forms such as "aadma", "adaam", and "adamma". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "ama", "ADM", "alma", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Adama, spelled A-D-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.
  2. 2
    Prénom féminin.
  3. 3
    Ville d’Éthiopie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Banel et Adama se contenteraient bien de vivre d’amour et d'eau fraîche.
  2. Adama Niane, acteur décédé cette année mais qui fut Guy Georges dans L’Affaire SKA1 (2013) de Frédéric Tellier, a su lui aussi ne pas se laisser dévorer par le tueur en série qu’il incarne.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aadma
  • adaam
  • adamma
  • addama
  • admaa
  • daama

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Adama - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

aadma2adaam2adamma1addama1admaa2daama2
Edit distance from "Adama"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Adama"?
"Adama" is spelled A-D-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \a.da.ma\.
What does "Adama" mean?
As a proper noun, "Adama" means: Prénom masculin.
What words are commonly confused with "Adama"?
"Adama" is commonly confused with "ama", "ADM", "alma". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Adama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adama" is \a.da.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Adama" come from?
"Adama" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Albin#20,342épine#20,328arabo#20,353usant#20,308

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

assoir6 variantsverrou6 variantsboost6 variantscanoë6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list