Which to use
“adjoint” is an adjective and “adjointe” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,311
- “adjoint” frequency rank
- #14,592
- “adjointe” frequency rank
- 17903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adjoint | adjointe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est adjoint. | Celle qui est adjointe à une personne pour certaines fonctions. |
Where the eye mixes adjoint and adjointe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between adjoint and adjointe
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adjoint is \ad.ʒwɛ̃\ while adjointe is \ad.ʒwɛ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “adjoint” sits inside “adjointe”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17903, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adjoint is recorded at frequency rank #3,311, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.ʒwɛ̃\. adjointe is at rank #14,592, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ad.ʒwɛ̃t\.
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 17903, this pair ranks #380,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adjoint vs adjointe
Shared letters: adijnot. Private to "adjoint": -. Private to "adjointe": e.
"adjoint" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "adjointe" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adjoint" for "adjointe" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "adjoint" or "adjointe" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "adjoint" and "adjointe" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adjoint" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adjointe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,903 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adjoint" and "adjointe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adjoindre vs adjointe". 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 #380,903 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.