adopt
\əˈdɑpt\
The verdict
“adopt” is uncommon French (frequency #97,627 among 6,727 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,627
- frequency rank, French
- 6,727
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Adopter (quelqu’un ou quelque chose).
Corpus desk
Index FR-adopt · adopt · French
adopt · rank #97,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,627
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,727
- PHOTO-FINISH admires
Nearest frequency peer: admires (-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 « adopt »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- addy
addy
2,377 corpus weight
- adhérences
adhérences
2,376 corpus weight
- admires
admires
2,375 corpus weight
- adopt
adopt
2,374 corpus weight
- adoucissent
adoucissent
2,373 corpus weight
- affermage
affermage
2,371 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « adopt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adopt |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \əˈdɑpt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « adopt » en français
Rare enough to double-check
adopt is uncommon French at frequency #97,627 among 6,727 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \əˈdɑpt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
adopt doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is adopt, spelled A-D-O-P-T.
Definition
- 1Adopter (quelqu’un ou quelque chose).
- 2Imiter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how adopt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The couple adopted a child.
The government adopted new social policies.
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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