Adresse

/\a.ˈdrɛ.sə\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#955

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Adresse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Adresse (dans le sens du lieu de résidence, de l’adresse informatique), coordonnées (principalement utilisé en Suisse). Pronounced \a.ˈdrɛ.sə\. It ranks #955 in French word frequency. Often confused with adverse and altesse.

Key facts for Adresse
PropertyValue
HeadwordAdresse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\a.ˈdrɛ.sə\
Letters7
Frequency rank#955
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Adresse is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \a.ˈdrɛ.sə\. Corpus data places it at rank #955 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Adresse (dans le sens du lieu de résidence, de l’adresse informatique), coordonnées (principalement utilisé en Suisse).".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Adresse, with forms such as "addresse", "adersse", and "adrese". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "adverse", "altesse", "agresse", 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 Adresse, spelled A-D-R-E-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Adresse (dans le sens du lieu de résidence, de l’adresse informatique), coordonnées (principalement utilisé en Suisse).

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: addresse,adersse,adrese,adreses,adrresse,adrsese,ardesse,daresse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Adresse

Misspelling Variants of "Adresse"

addresse8adersse7adrese6adreses7adrresse8adrsese7ardesse7daresse7
Misspelling Variants of "Adresse"

Frequency rank: #955 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Adresse"?
"Adresse" is spelled A-D-R-E-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \a.ˈdrɛ.sə\.
What does "Adresse" mean?
As a noun, "Adresse" means: Adresse (dans le sens du lieu de résidence, de l’adresse informatique), coordonnées (principalement utilisé en Suisse).
What words are commonly confused with "Adresse"?
"Adresse" is commonly confused with "adverse", "altesse", "agresse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Adresse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Adresse" is \a.ˈdrɛ.sə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Adresse" come from?
"Adresse" 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.