Adolfo
\a.ˈdol.fo\
The verdict
“Adolfo” is uncommon French (frequency #59,053 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,053
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adolphe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-adolfo · Adolfo · French
Adolfo · rank #59,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,053
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH addictive
Nearest frequency peer: addictive (-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 « Adolfo »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- achoppement
achoppement
40,951 corpus weight
- Addams
Addams
40,950 corpus weight
- addictive
addictive
40,949 corpus weight
- Adolfo
Adolfo
40,948 corpus weight
- adoucissant
adoucissant
40,947 corpus weight
- aigrettes
aigrettes
40,946 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Adolfo » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Adolfo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \a.ˈdol.fo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Adolfo » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Adolfo is uncommon French at frequency #59,053 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \a.ˈdol.fo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Adolphe.".
Adolfo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Adolfo, spelled A-D-O-L-F-O.
Definition
- 1Adolphe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Adolfo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mi nomis mian filon Adolfon.
Mi nomis mian filon Adolfo.
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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