Adolf

name

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The verdict

“Adolf” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,629. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,629
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-adolf · Adolf · French

Adolf · rank #20,629 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,629
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH admissible

Nearest frequency peer: admissible (-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 « Adolf »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Adolf » 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).

Adolf vs Alf
60% similar
Adolf vs aol
40% similar
Adolf vs ados
40% similar

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

Key facts for Adolf
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdolf
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#20,629
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Adolf »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « admissible » (#20,628), « adverses » (#20,630), « admirateurs » (#20,627). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « Adolf » est au #20,629. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Adolf, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,629 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prénom masculin, correspondant à Adolphe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Adolf, with forms such as "addolf", "adlof", and "adofl". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Alf", "aol", "ados", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Adolf, spelled A-D-O-L-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin, correspondant à Adolphe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Monaco a annoncé l’arrivée d’Adolf « Adi » Hütter pour deux ans, en provenance du club allemand du Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addolf
  • adlof
  • adofl
  • adolff
  • adollf
  • aodlf
  • daolf

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Adolf - 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.

addolf1adlof2adofl2adolff1adollf1aodlf2daolf2
Edit distance from "Adolf"

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 "Adolf"?
"Adolf" is spelled A-D-O-L-F.
What does "Adolf" mean?
As a proper noun, "Adolf" means: Prénom masculin, correspondant à Adolphe.
What words are commonly confused with "Adolf"?
"Adolf" is commonly confused with "Alf", "aol", "ados". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "Adolf" come from?
"Adolf" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

émane#20,616égaré#20,614bloom#20,648boisé#20,650

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list