Which to use
“adaptée” and “adoptés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,921
- “adaptée” frequency rank
- #16,536
- “adoptés” frequency rank
- 23457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adaptée | adoptés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de adapté. | Masculin pluriel de adopté. |
Where the eye mixes adaptée and adoptés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. adaptée (VCVCCVV) and adoptés (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: adaptée vs adoptés
A purely visual mix-up. adaptée (\a.dap.te\) and adoptés (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23457, 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\. adoptés is at rank #16,536, 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 23457, this pair ranks #352,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adaptée vs adoptés
Shared letters: adpté. Private to "adaptée": e. Private to "adoptés": os.
"adaptée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "adoptés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adaptée" for "adoptés" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "adaptée" and "adoptés" 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 "adoptés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,364 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adaptée" and "adoptés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptera vs adoptés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #352,364 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.