Which to use
“adaptée” is an adjective and “adeptes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,921
- “adaptée” frequency rank
- #9,587
- “adeptes” frequency rank
- 16508
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adaptée | adeptes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de adapté. | Pluriel de adepte. |
Where the eye mixes adaptée and adeptes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: adaptée vs adeptes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adaptée is \a.dap.te\ while adeptes is \a.dɛpt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adaptée is recorded at frequency rank #6,921, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dap.te\. adeptes is at rank #9,587, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.dɛpt\.
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 16508, this pair ranks #387,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adaptée vs adeptes
Shared letters: adept. Private to "adaptée": é. Private to "adeptes": s.
"adaptée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "adeptes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adeptes ← addeptes · adepets · adepptes · adeptess · adeptse · adepttes · adetpes · adpetes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adaptée" and "adeptes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "adaptée" or "adeptes"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adaptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adeptes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,523 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adaptée" and "adeptes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adeptes vs ardentes". 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 #387,523 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.