Which to use
“admiré” and “admirée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,438
- “admiré” frequency rank
- #49,463
- “admirée” frequency rank
- 72901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admiré | admirée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe admirer. | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe admirer. |
Same sound, different letters: admiré vs admirée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. admiré runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against admirée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: admiré vs admirée
This is the hard kind. admiré and admirée are pronounced identically (\ad.mi.ʁe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “admiré” sits inside “admirée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admiré is recorded at frequency rank #23,438, classified as averb, pronounced \ad.mi.ʁe\. admirée is at rank #49,463, tagged as averb, pronounced \ad.mi.ʁe\.
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 72901, this pair ranks #42,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of admiré vs admirée
Shared letters: adimré. Private to "admiré": -. Private to "admirée": e.
"admiré" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "admirée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admiré" for "admirée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "admiré" vs "admirée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"admiré" and "admirée" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "admiré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admirée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admiré" and "admirée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Admiral vs admirée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #42,387 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.