Which to use
“adepte” and “adoptés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,404
- “adepte” frequency rank
- #16,536
- “adoptés” frequency rank
- 30940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adepte | adoptés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Amateur. | Masculin pluriel de adopté. |
Where the eye mixes adepte and adoptés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. adepte runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against adoptés's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between adepte and adoptés
A purely visual mix-up. adepte (\a.dɛpt\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adepte is recorded at frequency rank #14,404, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dɛpt\. 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 30940, this pair ranks #307,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adepte vs adoptés
Shared letters: adpt. Private to "adepte": e. Private to "adoptés": osé.
"adepte" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adoptés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adepte ← addepte · adepet · adeppte · adeptte · adetpe · adpete · aedpte · daepte
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adepte" for "adoptés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "adepte" or "adoptés"?
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 "adepte" 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 #307,013 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adepte" and "adoptés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptera vs adoptés". 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 #307,013 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.