adoptent

/\a.dɔpt\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,328

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

adoptent is aFrenchverb. It means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter. Pronounced \a.dɔpt\. Often confused with adopter and adorent.

Key facts for adoptent
PropertyValue
Headwordadoptent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.dɔpt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,328
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of adoptent in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for adoptent is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.dɔpt\. Corpus data places it at rank #17,328 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for adoptent, with forms such as "addoptent", "adopetnt", and "adopptent". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "adopter", "adorent", "adoptés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is adoptent, spelled A-D-O-P-T-E-N-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe adopter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addoptent,adopetnt,adopptent,adoptennt,adoptentt,adoptetn,adoptnet,adopttent,adotpent,adpotent,aodptent,daoptent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for adoptent

Misspelling Variants of "adoptent"

addoptent9adopetnt8adopptent9adoptennt9adoptentt9adoptetn8adoptnet8adopttent9
Misspelling Variants of "adoptent"

Frequency rank: #17,328 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "adoptent"?
"adoptent" is spelled A-D-O-P-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dɔpt\.
What does "adoptent" mean?
As a verb, "adoptent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter.
What words are commonly confused with "adoptent"?
"adoptent" is commonly confused with "adopter", "adorent", "adoptés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adoptent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adoptent" is \a.dɔpt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adoptent" come from?
"adoptent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.