adaptateur

\a.dap.ta.tœʁ\

/\a.dap.ta.tœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“adaptateur” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,946. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,946
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui permet l’adaptation d’une chose à une autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adaptateur · adaptateur · French

adaptateur · rank #26,946 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,946
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adaptant

Nearest frequency peer: adaptant (-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 « adaptateur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « adaptateur » 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
Key facts for adaptateur
PropertyValue
Headwordadaptateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.dap.ta.tœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#26,946
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adaptateur »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « adaptant » (#26,945), « adobe » (#26,947), « acer » (#26,944). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adaptateur » est au #26,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around adaptateur (IPA \a.dap.ta.tœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,946 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui permet l’adaptation d’une chose à une autre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for adaptateur, with forms such as "aadptateur", "adapatteur", and "adapptateur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is adaptateur, spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui permet l’adaptation d’une chose à une autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une bague adaptatrice, un joint adaptateur.
  2. Le catalogue Harley-Davidson est plein d'accessoires adaptateurs qui permettent d'adapter n'importe quelle pièce d"équipement à une de leurs motos.

This word in other languages

adaptador(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • aadptateur
  • adapatteur
  • adapptateur
  • adaptaetur
  • adaptateru
  • adaptateurr
  • adaptatteur
  • adaptatuer
  • adapttaeur
  • adapttateur
  • adatpateur
  • addaptateur
  • adpatateur
  • daaptateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

aadptateur2adapatteur2adapptateur1adaptaetur2adaptateru2adaptateurr1adaptatteur1adaptatuer2
Edit distance from "adaptateur"

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 "adaptateur"?
"adaptateur" is spelled A-D-A-P-T-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dap.ta.tœʁ\.
What does "adaptateur" mean?
As an adjective, "adaptateur" means: Qui permet l’adaptation d’une chose à une autre.
What are common misspellings of "adaptateur"?
Common misspellings include "aadptateur", "adapatteur", "adapptateur", "adaptaetur", "adaptateru". The correct spelling is "adaptateur".
How do you pronounce "adaptateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adaptateur" is \a.dap.ta.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adaptateur" come from?
"adaptateur" 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 "adaptateur", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

appartiens#26,960appliquait#26,961volatilité#26,925universels#26,912

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

atténuation14 variantsbelvédère14 variantschandelles14 variantsRobertson14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list