adoptent

\a.dɔpt\

/\a.dɔpt\/ verb

The verdict

“adoptent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,328. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,328
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adoptent · adoptent · French

adoptent · rank #17,328 · 12 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,328
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH adoptant

Nearest frequency peer: adoptant (-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 « adoptent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « adoptent » 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).

adoptent vs adopter
75% similar
adoptent vs adorent
75% similar
adoptent vs adoptés
63% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adoptent »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « adoptant » (#17,327), « adoration » (#17,329), « Adolphe » (#17,326). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adoptent » est au #17,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around adoptent (IPA \a.dɔpt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,328 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for adoptent, with forms such as "addoptent", "adopetnt", and "adopptent". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "adopter", "adorent", "adoptés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 adoptent, spelled A-D-O-P-T-E-N-T.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dans une telle perspective, la notion de marché intérieur apparaît de plus en plus discutable car les entreprises de production visées par les constructeurs de robots sont déjà transétatisées et adoptent depuis longtemps des politiques d’investissement qui suivent cette logique de structure.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addoptent
  • adopetnt
  • adopptent
  • adoptennt
  • adoptentt
  • adoptetn
  • adoptnet
  • adopttent
  • adotpent
  • adpotent
  • aodptent
  • daoptent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of adoptent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

addoptent1adopetnt2adopptent1adoptennt1adoptentt1adoptetn2adoptnet2adopttent1
Edit distance from "adoptent"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list