Adecco

\a.dɛ.ko\

/\a.dɛ.ko\/ name

The verdict

“Adecco” is uncommon French (frequency #56,394 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,394
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Groupe franco-suisse spécialisé dans l’intérim.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adecco · Adecco · French

Adecco · rank #56,394 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,394
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH additive

Nearest frequency peer: additive (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Adecco »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Adecco » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Adecco
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdecco
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\a.dɛ.ko\
Letters6
Frequency rank#56,394
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Adecco » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Adeccotombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « additive » (#56,393), « agaçante » (#56,395), « aggravantes » (#56,396). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Adecco » est au #56,394. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Adecco is uncommon French at frequency #56,394 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.dɛ.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Groupe franco-suisse spécialisé dans l’intérim.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Adecco in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Adecco, spelled A-D-E-C-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Groupe franco-suisse spécialisé dans l’intérim.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En moins de cinq ans, la start-up a conquis 1 % d’un marché toujours dominé par les géants du secteur, comme Manpower, Adecco ou Randstad.
  2. Des centaines d’intérimaires ont été victimes de vols, suite au piratage de l’agence Adecco, ont annoncé des membres ce mercredi 9 novembre.

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 "Adecco"?
"Adecco" is spelled A-D-E-C-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dɛ.ko\.
What does "Adecco" mean?
As a proper noun, "Adecco" means: Groupe franco-suisse spécialisé dans l’intérim.
How do you pronounce "Adecco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adecco" is \a.dɛ.ko\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Adecco" come from?
"Adecco" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list