adopter

\a.dɔp.te\

/\a.dɔp.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“adopter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,891. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,891
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Choisir quelqu’un pour fils ou pour fille et lui en donner les droits civils en remplissant certaines conditions prescrites par la loi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-adopter · adopter · French

adopter · rank #3,891 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,891
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH accompagner

Nearest frequency peer: accompagner (-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 « adopter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « adopter » 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).

adopter vs adorer
71% similar
adopter vs ajouter
71% similar
adopter vs adoptés
71% similar

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

Key facts for adopter
PropertyValue
Headwordadopter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.dɔp.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,891
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « adopter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).adopterse 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 « accompagner » (#3,890), « adoption » (#3,892), « apprécie » (#3,893). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « adopter » est au #3,891. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around adopter (IPA \a.dɔp.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,891 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for adopter, with forms such as "addopter", "adopetr", and "adoppter". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "adorer", "ajouter", "adoptés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is adopter, spelled A-D-O-P-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Choisir quelqu’un pour fils ou pour fille et lui en donner les droits civils en remplissant certaines conditions prescrites par la loi.
  2. 2
    Prendre soin d’un enfant – sans formes légales – comme si c’était son fils ou sa fille.
  3. 3
    Admettre, accepter, recevoir comme sien un sentiment, un avis, un projet.
  4. 4
    Voter un texte.
  5. 5
    Choisir de préférence un genre de travail, une manière de faire quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Auguste adopta Tibère.
  2. Chez les romains, ceux qu’on avait adoptés passaient dans la famille et sous la puissance de celui qui les avait adoptés.

Antonyms

abandonner

This word in other languages

adopt(English)adoptar(Español)adoptieren(Deutsch)aceitar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • addopter
  • adopetr
  • adoppter
  • adopterr
  • adoptre
  • adoptter
  • adotper
  • adpoter
  • aodpter
  • daopter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

addopter1adopetr2adoppter1adopterr1adoptre2adoptter1adotper2adpoter2
Edit distance from "adopter"

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 "adopter"?
"adopter" is spelled A-D-O-P-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.dɔp.te\.
What does "adopter" mean?
As a verb, "adopter" means: Choisir quelqu’un pour fils ou pour fille et lui en donner les droits civils en remplissant certaines conditions prescrites par la loi.
What words are commonly confused with "adopter"?
"adopter" is commonly confused with "adorer", "ajouter", "adoptés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "adopter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "adopter" is \a.dɔp.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "adopter" come from?
"adopter" 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 "adopter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aveugle#3,895baisser#3,896diriger#3,911essayez#3,913

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

apprécie10 variantsassister10 variantsblessure10 variantsBulletin10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list