adrar

\a.dʁaʁ\

/\a.dʁaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“adrar” is uncommon French (frequency #50,622 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,622
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Montagne d’Afrique du nord.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adrar · adrar · French

adrar · rank #50,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,622
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affrontez

Nearest frequency peer: affrontez (+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 « adrar »

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 « adrar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for adrar
PropertyValue
Headwordadrar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.dʁaʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,622
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « adrar » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.adrartombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « affrontez » (#50,623), « Agenais » (#50,624), « additionnant » (#50,619). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adrar » est au #50,622. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

adrar is uncommon French at frequency #50,622 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.dʁaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Montagne d’Afrique du nord.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for adrar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is adrar, spelled A-D-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Montagne d’Afrique du nord.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le paysage dominant du Sahara marocain se compose de hammadas, immenses plateaux rocheux échancrés de rares dépressions, les dayas, ou portant quelques sommets usés, les adrars.

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 "adrar"?
"adrar" is spelled A-D-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dʁaʁ\.
What does "adrar" mean?
As a noun, "adrar" means: Montagne d’Afrique du nord.
How do you pronounce "adrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adrar" is \a.dʁaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adrar" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

abyme#50,617abimé#50,614Ammar#50,632épure#50,602

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list