Which to use
“admirer” is a verb and “admise” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,927
- “admirer” frequency rank
- #16,050
- “admise” frequency rank
- 23977
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirer | admise |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Considérer avec un étonnement mêlé de plaisir ce qui paraît beau, ce qui paraît merveilleux. | Féminin singulier de admis. |
Where the eye mixes admirer and admise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admirer runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against admise's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between admirer and admise
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admirer 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 23977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admirer is recorded at frequency rank #7,927, 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 23977, this pair ranks #349,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of admirer vs admise
Shared letters: adeim. Private to "admirer": r. Private to "admise": s.
"admirer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "admise" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "admirer" and "admise" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "admirer" or "admise"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "admirer" 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 #349,356 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirer" and "admise" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirée vs admise". 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 #349,356 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.