ADF vs at, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ADF” and “at” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#42,719
“ADF” frequency rank: #4,122
“at” frequency rank: 46841
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ADF	at
Definition	Appel de fonds.	Ancien nom de l’attier, qui a peut-être été importé à la Réunion par les Malbars et les Tamouls ; ce nom était particulièrement fréquent au Sénégal.

Where the eye mixes ADF and at

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

ADF

2 ch

Why the eye confuses ADF with at

A purely visual mix-up. ADF (\a.de.ɛf\) and at (\at\) 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 46841, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ADF is recorded at frequency rank #42,719, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.de.ɛf\. at is at rank #4,122, tagged as anoun, pronounced \at\.

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 46841, this pair ranks #191,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ADF vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "ADF": df. Private to "at": t.

"ADF" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ADF" for "at" ever safe?

No. They are said differently (\a.de.ɛf\ versus \at\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Frequency check: "ADF" vs "at" - which ranks higher?

"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,122 in our French list, against #42,719 for "ADF". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "ADF" and "at" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "ADF" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #191,643 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ADF" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ADF vs aur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #191,643 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.