Which to use
“admirer” is a verb and “admises” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,927
- “admirer” frequency rank
- #26,601
- “admises” frequency rank
- 34528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admirer | admises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Considérer avec un étonnement mêlé de plaisir ce qui paraît beau, ce qui paraît merveilleux. | Féminin pluriel de admis. |
Where the eye mixes admirer and admises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. admirer and admises follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between admirer and admises
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admirer is \ad.mi.ʁe\ while admises is \ad.miz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34528, 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\. admises is at rank #26,601, 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 34528, this pair ranks #283,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admirer vs admises
Shared letters: adeim. Private to "admirer": r. Private to "admises": s.
"admirer" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "admises" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admirer" for "admises" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "admirer" or "admises" show up more?
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 "admises" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #283,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admirer" and "admises" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "admirée vs admises". 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 #283,200 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.