Which to use
“addiction” and “adduction” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,840
- “addiction” frequency rank
- #44,843
- “adduction” frequency rank
- 59683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | addiction | adduction |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dépendance physique à une drogue, entraînant une perte de liberté d'action. | Action d’amener. |
Where the eye mixes addiction and adduction
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. addiction and adduction follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: addiction vs adduction
A purely visual mix-up. addiction (\a.dik.sjɔ̃\) and adduction (\a.dyk.sjɔ̃\) 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 - i in “addiction” becomes u in “adduction”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
addiction is recorded at frequency rank #14,840, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.dik.sjɔ̃\. adduction is at rank #44,843, tagged as anoun, pronounced \a.dyk.sjɔ̃\.
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 59683, this pair ranks #101,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of addiction vs adduction
Shared letters: acdinot. Private to "addiction": -. Private to "adduction": u.
"addiction" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "adduction" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "addiction" and "adduction" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "addiction" vs "adduction" - which ranks higher?
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 "addiction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adduction" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "addiction" and "adduction" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "addictions vs adduction". 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 #101,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.