Which to use
“adjointe” is a noun and “adjoints” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,592
- “adjointe” frequency rank
- #13,306
- “adjoints” frequency rank
- 27898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adjointe | adjoints |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est adjointe à une personne pour certaines fonctions. | Masculin pluriel de adjoint. |
Where the eye mixes adjointe and adjoints
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between adjointe and adjoints
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adjointe is \ad.ʒwɛ̃t\ while adjoints is \ad.ʒwɛ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “adjointe” becomes s in “adjoints”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adjointe is recorded at frequency rank #14,592, classified as anoun, pronounced \ad.ʒwɛ̃t\. adjoints is at rank #13,306, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ad.ʒwɛ̃\.
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 27898, this pair ranks #326,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adjointe vs adjoints
Shared letters: adijnot. Private to "adjointe": e. Private to "adjoints": s.
"adjointe" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "adjoints" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adjointe" for "adjoints" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "adjointe" or "adjoints" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "adjointe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adjoints" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adjointe" and "adjoints" 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 #326,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.