Which to use
“Adapter” and “adeptes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,032
- “Adapter” frequency rank
- #9,587
- “adeptes” frequency rank
- 13619
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Adapter | adeptes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Adaptateur. | Pluriel de adepte. |
Where the eye mixes Adapter and adeptes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between Adapter and adeptes
A purely visual mix-up. Adapter (\a.ˈdap.tɐ\) and adeptes (\a.dɛpt\) 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 13619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Adapter is recorded at frequency rank #4,032, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.ˈdap.tɐ\. adeptes is at rank #9,587, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.dɛpt\.
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 13619, this pair ranks #400,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Adapter vs adeptes
Shared letters: adept. Private to "Adapter": r. Private to "adeptes": s.
"Adapter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "adeptes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Adapter" and "adeptes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Adapter" or "adeptes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Adapter" and "adeptes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Adapter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adeptes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #400,253 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Adapter" and "adeptes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adeptes vs ardentes". 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 #400,253 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.