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“admirables” and “adorables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,135
- “admirables” frequency rank
- #18,925
- “adorables” frequency rank
- 58060
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirables | adorables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de admirable. | Pluriel de adorable. |
Where the eye mixes admirables and adorables
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. admirables runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCCVC) against adorables's 9 (VCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: admirables vs adorables
A purely visual mix-up. admirables (\ad.mi.ʁabl\) and adorables (\a.dɔ.ʁabl\) 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 58060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirables is recorded at frequency rank #39,135, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi.ʁabl\. adorables is at rank #18,925, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.dɔ.ʁabl\.
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 58060, this pair ranks #111,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of admirables vs adorables
Shared letters: abdelrs. Private to "admirables": im. Private to "adorables": o.
"admirables" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC · "adorables" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- admirables ← addmirables · adimrables · admiarbles · admirabbles · admirabels · admirabless · admirablles · admirablse
- adorables ← addorables · adoarbles · adorabbles · adorabels · adorabless · adorablles · adorablse · adoralbes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "admirables" and "adorables" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "admirables" or "adorables" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "admirables" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adorables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #111,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirables" and "adorables" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adorables vs arables". 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 #111,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.