Which to use
“admis” is an adjective and “ads” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,119
- “admis” frequency rank
- #38,630
- “ads” frequency rank
- 42749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | admis | ads |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui, ayant subi avec succès jusqu’à la fin toutes les épreuves d’un concours, obtient le diplôme, entre à l’école ou parvient à la fonction qui se recrute ainsi. | Pluriel de ad. |
Where the eye mixes admis and ads
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: admis vs ads
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: admis is \ad.mi\ while ads is \ædz\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
admis is recorded at frequency rank #4,119, classified as anadj, pronounced \ad.mi\. ads is at rank #38,630, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ædz\.
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 42749, this pair ranks #223,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of admis vs ads
Shared letters: ads. Private to "admis": im. Private to "ads": -.
"admis" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "ads" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- admis ← addmis · adims · admiss · admmis · admsi · amdis · damis
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "admis" for "ads" ever safe?
Which is more common, "admis" or "ads"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "admis" and "ads" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "admis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ads" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,221 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "admis" and "ads" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ads vs aves". 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 #223,221 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.