Which to use
“adaptée” and “adoptées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,921
- “adaptée” frequency rank
- #15,296
- “adoptées” frequency rank
- 22217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adaptée | adoptées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de adapté. | Féminin pluriel de adopté. |
Where the eye mixes adaptée and adoptées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adaptée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against adoptées's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adaptée vs adoptées
A purely visual mix-up. adaptée (\a.dap.te\) and adoptées (\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 22217, 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\. adoptées is at rank #15,296, tagged as anadj, 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 22217, this pair ranks #359,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adaptée vs adoptées
Shared letters: adepté. Private to "adaptée": -. Private to "adoptées": os.
"adaptée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "adoptées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adaptée" and "adoptées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "adaptée" vs "adoptées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "adaptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #359,233 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adaptée" and "adoptées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptées vs adoptera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #359,233 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.