Which to use
“adaptée” is an adjective and “adopter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,921
- “adaptée” frequency rank
- #3,891
- “adopter” frequency rank
- 10812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adaptée | adopter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de adapté. | 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 adaptée and adopter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses adaptée with adopter
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adaptée is \a.dap.te\ while adopter is \a.dɔp.te\. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10812, 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\. 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 10812, this pair ranks #411,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adaptée vs adopter
Shared letters: adept. Private to "adaptée": é. Private to "adopter": or.
"adaptée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "adopter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adopter ← addopter · adopetr · adoppter · adopterr · adoptre · adoptter · adotper · adpoter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adaptée" and "adopter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adaptée" vs "adopter" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "adaptée" and "adopter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adaptée" 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 #411,573 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adaptée" 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 #411,573 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.