Which to use
“administrée” is a noun and “administrées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,745
- “administrée” frequency rank
- #44,286
- “administrées” frequency rank
- 68031
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | administrée | administrées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Administré, en parlant d’une femme. | Féminin pluriel de administré. |
Same sound, different letters: administrée vs administrées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 11 letters. administrée runs 11 letters (VCCVCVCCCVV) against administrées's 12 (VCCVCVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - administrée / administrées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: administrée and administrées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\. 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) - “administrée” sits inside “administrées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68031, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
administrée is recorded at frequency rank #23,745, classified as anoun, pronounced \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\. administrées is at rank #44,286, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi.nis.tʁe\.
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 68031, this pair ranks #60,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of administrée vs administrées
Shared letters: adeimnrsté. Private to "administrée": -. Private to "administrées": -.
"administrée" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVV · "administrées" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "administrée" for "administrées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "administrée" vs "administrées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "administrée" / "administrées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "administrée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "administrées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "administrée" and "administrées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "administrées vs administrer". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #60,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.