adolescents

\a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃\

/\a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“adolescents” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,359
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de adolescent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adolescents · adolescents · French

adolescents · rank #6,359 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,359
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH affection

Nearest frequency peer: affection (+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 « adolescents »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « adolescents » 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).

adolescents vs adolescent
91% similar
adolescents vs adolescence
82% similar
adolescents vs adolescente
91% similar

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

Key facts for adolescents
PropertyValue
Headwordadolescents
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,359
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adolescents »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « affection » (#6,360), « âgée » (#6,357), « affecté » (#6,361). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adolescents » est au #6,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around adolescents (IPA \a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,359 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de adolescent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for adolescents, with forms such as "addolescents", "adloescents", and "adoelscents". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "adolescent", "adolescence", "adolescente", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is adolescents, spelled A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de adolescent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans Les Choses sérieuses (éd. du Seuil), qui paraît ce vendredi, Isabelle Calir, directrice de recherche au CNRS, analyse les amours adolescents.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addolescents
  • adloescents
  • adoelscents
  • adolecsents
  • adolesccents
  • adolescennts
  • adolescenst
  • adolescentss
  • adolescentts
  • adolescetns
  • adolescnets
  • adolesecnts
  • adolesscents
  • adollescents
  • adolsecents
  • aodlescents
  • daolescents

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adolescents - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

addolescents1adloescents2adoelscents2adolecsents2adolesccents1adolescennts1adolescenst2adolescentss1
Edit distance from "adolescents"

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 "adolescents"?
"adolescents" is spelled A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃\.
What does "adolescents" mean?
As an adjective, "adolescents" means: Masculin pluriel de adolescent.
What words are commonly confused with "adolescents"?
"adolescents" is commonly confused with "adolescent", "adolescence", "adolescente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adolescents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adolescents" is \a.dɔ.le.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adolescents" come from?
"adolescents" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

attribution#6,371soutiennent#6,346intéressent#6,404majoritaire#6,411

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

coordination17 variantsconfortable17 variantslocalisation17 variantschampionnats17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list