Which to use
“adhérente” is a noun and “adhérentes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,133
- “adhérente” frequency rank
- #36,231
- “adhérentes” frequency rank
- 75364
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adhérente | adhérentes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est du sentiment, du parti de quelqu’un, qui se range dans un groupement politique, social, littéraire, etc. | Féminin pluriel de adhérent. |
Same sound, different letters: adhérente vs adhérentes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. adhérente runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCV) against adhérentes's 10 (VCCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: adhérente vs adhérentes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adhérente and adhérentes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.de.ʁɑ̃t\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “adhérente” sits inside “adhérentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adhérente is recorded at frequency rank #39,133, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.de.ʁɑ̃t\. adhérentes is at rank #36,231, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.de.ʁɑ̃t\.
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 75364, this pair ranks #34,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of adhérente vs adhérentes
Shared letters: adehnrté. Private to "adhérente": -. Private to "adhérentes": s.
"adhérente" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "adhérentes" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adhérente" and "adhérentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adhérente" vs "adhérentes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"adhérente" and "adhérentes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "adhérente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adhérentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adhérente" and "adhérentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adhérentes vs afférentes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #34,316 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.