Which to use
“adaptées” and “adoptées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,336
- “adaptées” frequency rank
- #15,296
- “adoptées” frequency rank
- 26632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adaptées | adoptées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de adapté. | Féminin pluriel de adopté. |
Where the eye mixes adaptées and adoptées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. adaptées and adoptées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: adaptées vs adoptées
A purely visual mix-up. adaptées (\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 a single letter - a in “adaptées” becomes o in “adoptées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26632, 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\. 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 26632, this pair ranks #333,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adaptées vs adoptées
Shared letters: adepsté. Private to "adaptées": -. Private to "adoptées": o.
"adaptées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "adoptées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adaptées" and "adoptées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "adaptées" or "adoptées"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adaptées" 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 #333,777 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adaptées" and "adoptées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptées vs adoptera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #333,777 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.