ados

\a.do\

/\a.do\/ noun

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The verdict

“ados” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,780
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Terre qu’on élève en talus, ordinairement le long d’un mur bien exposé, pour y semer quelque chose qu’on veut faire venir plus tôt qu’on ne le pourrait en pleine terre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ados · ados · French

ados · rank #7,780 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,780
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH acquise

Nearest frequency peer: acquise (-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 « ados »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ados » 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).

ados vs As
25% similar
ados vs ans
50% similar
ados vs ars
50% similar

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

Key facts for ados
PropertyValue
Headwordados
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.do\
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,780
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ados »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).adosse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « acquise » (#7,779), « adresses » (#7,781), « accélérer » (#7,778). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « ados » est au #7,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around ados (IPA \a.do\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,780 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for ados, with forms such as "addos", "adoss", and "adso". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "ans", "ars", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 ados, spelled A-D-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Terre qu’on élève en talus, ordinairement le long d’un mur bien exposé, pour y semer quelque chose qu’on veut faire venir plus tôt qu’on ne le pourrait en pleine terre.
  2. 2
    Bande de terre élevée par une charrue de part et d’autre du sillon.
  3. 3
    Profil de la planche de labour, dans le labour en planche.
  4. 4
    Terrain en pente.
  5. 5
    Pente d'un fossé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Nous cultivons de même les carottes sur ados, mais pour le semis on s’y prend d’une autre façon que pour la betterave.
  2. Dès le début du XXe siècle, avant l’ère des machines, on avait déjà les charrues à brabant, avec deux jeux superposés de socs qu’on renversait en bout de champ, pour éviter aux hommes & autres animaux de trait des allers-retours inutiles & qu'ados & sillon fussent toujours du même côté sur la parcelle ; le bon vieux boustrophédon. .

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addos
  • adoss
  • adso
  • aods
  • daos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addos1adoss1adso2aods2daos2
Edit distance from "ados"

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 "ados"?
"ados" is spelled A-D-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.do\.
What does "ados" mean?
As a noun, "ados" means: Terre qu’on élève en talus, ordinairement le long d’un mur bien exposé, pour y semer quelque chose qu’on veut faire venir plus tôt qu’on ne le pourrait en pleine terre.
What words are commonly confused with "ados"?
"ados" is commonly confused with "As", "ans", "ars". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ados"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ados" is \a.do\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ados" come from?
"ados" 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 "ados", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

boit#7,791coca#7,799dark#7,809oral#7,734

Similar misspelling depth

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

homo5 variantsKate5 variantsmade5 variantsGary5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list