Which to use
“admirait” and “admirent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,634
- “admirait” frequency rank
- #41,106
- “admirent” frequency rank
- 78740
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirait | admirent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait du verbe admirer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple du verbe admettre. |
Where the eye mixes admirait and admirent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. admirait (VCCVCVVC) and admirent (VCCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between admirait and admirent
A purely visual mix-up. admirait (\ad.mi.ʁɛ\) and admirent (\ad.miʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78740, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirait is recorded at frequency rank #37,634, classified as averb, pronounced \ad.mi.ʁɛ\. admirent is at rank #41,106, tagged as averb, pronounced \ad.miʁ\.
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 78740, this pair ranks #25,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of admirait vs admirent
Shared letters: adimrt. Private to "admirait": -. Private to "admirent": en.
"admirait" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "admirent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admirait" and "admirent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "admirait" or "admirent" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "admirait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admirent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,014 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirait" and "admirent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirée vs admirent". 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 #25,014 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.