Which to use
“admirée” is a verb and “admise” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,463
- “admirée” frequency rank
- #16,050
- “admise” frequency rank
- 65513
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirée | admise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier du verbe admirer. | Féminin singulier de admis. |
Where the eye mixes admirée and admise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admirée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against admise's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: admirée vs admise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admirée is \ad.mi.ʁe\ while admise is \ad.miz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65513, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirée is recorded at frequency rank #49,463, classified as averb, pronounced \ad.mi.ʁe\. admise is at rank #16,050, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ad.miz\.
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 65513, this pair ranks #72,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of admirée vs admise
Shared letters: adeim. Private to "admirée": ré. Private to "admise": s.
"admirée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "admise" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- admise ← addmise · adimse · admies · admisse · admmise · admsie · amdise · damise
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "admirée" and "admise" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "admirée" or "admise" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "admirée" and "admise" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "admirée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "admise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,002 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirée" and "admise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Admiral vs admirée". 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 #72,002 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.