adem
The verdict
“adem” is uncommon French (frequency #69,569 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,569
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Haleine, respiration, souffle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-adem · adem · French
adem · rank #69,569 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,569
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH additional
Nearest frequency peer: additional (-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 « adem »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- ACAB
ACAB
30,435 corpus weight
- accéléra
accéléra
30,434 corpus weight
- additional
additional
30,433 corpus weight
- adem
adem
30,432 corpus weight
- affaisse
affaisse
30,431 corpus weight
- aggloméré
aggloméré
30,430 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adem » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adem |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « adem » en français
Rare enough to double-check
adem is uncommon French at frequency #69,569 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Haleine, respiration, souffle.".
Zero misspellings are on record for adem in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is adem, spelled A-D-E-M.
Definition
- 1Haleine, respiration, souffle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ook kleine stukjes knoflook in de mond, zoals tussen de tanden, kunnen slechte adem veroorzaken.
Des petits morceaux d’ail dans la bouche, comme entre les dents, peuvent causer une mauvaise haleine.
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.
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