adapt
\a.ˈdapt\
The verdict
“adapt” is uncommon French (frequency #75,385 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,385
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commode, convenable, opportun.
Corpus desk
Index FR-adapt · adapt · French
adapt · rank #75,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,385
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH acheminent
Nearest frequency peer: acheminent (-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 « adapt »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- accompagnes
accompagnes
24,619 corpus weight
- accorderont
accorderont
24,618 corpus weight
- acheminent
acheminent
24,617 corpus weight
- adapt
adapt
24,616 corpus weight
- adjugeant
adjugeant
24,615 corpus weight
- affleurent
affleurent
24,614 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adapt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adapt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.ˈdapt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « adapt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
adapt is uncommon French at frequency #75,385 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.ˈdapt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for adapt, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is adapt, spelled A-D-A-P-T.
Definition
- 1Commode, convenable, opportun.
- 2Convenable, raisonnable.
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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