Which to use
“adaptées” is an adjective and “adoptée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,336
- “adaptées” frequency rank
- #5,830
- “adoptée” frequency rank
- 17166
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adaptées | adoptée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de adapté. | Femme adoptée. |
Where the eye mixes adaptées and adoptée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. adaptées runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against adoptée's 7 (VCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: adaptées vs adoptée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adaptées is \a.dap.te\ while adoptée is \a.dɔp.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17166, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adaptées is recorded at frequency rank #11,336, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dap.te\. adoptée is at rank #5,830, tagged as anoun, 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 17166, this pair ranks #384,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adaptées vs adoptée
Shared letters: adepté. Private to "adaptées": s. Private to "adoptée": o.
"adaptées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "adoptée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adaptées" and "adoptée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "adaptées" or "adoptée"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "adaptées" and "adoptée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adaptées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #384,476 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adaptées" and "adoptée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptée vs adoptera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #384,476 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.