Which to use
“adapte” and “adopter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,269
- “adapte” frequency rank
- #3,891
- “adopter” frequency rank
- 14160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adapte | adopter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe adapter. | Choisir quelqu’un pour fils ou pour fille et lui en donner les droits civils en remplissant certaines conditions prescrites par la loi. |
Where the eye mixes adapte and adopter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between adapte and adopter
A purely visual mix-up. adapte (\a.dapt\) and adopter (\a.dɔp.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14160, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adapte is recorded at frequency rank #10,269, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dapt\. adopter is at rank #3,891, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dɔp.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 14160, this pair ranks #397,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adapte vs adopter
Shared letters: adept. Private to "adapte": -. Private to "adopter": or.
"adapte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adopter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adapte" and "adopter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "adapte" or "adopter" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "adapte" and "adopter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adapte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adopter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #397,919 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adapte" and "adopter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adopter vs adoptera". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #397,919 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.