Which to use
“adonne” is a verb and “adorée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,454
- “adonne” frequency rank
- #26,949
- “adorée” frequency rank
- 57403
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adonne | adorée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent du verbe adonner. | Féminin singulier de adoré. |
Where the eye mixes adonne and adorée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. adonne (VCVCCV) and adorée (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between adonne and adorée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: adonne is \a.dɔn\ while adorée is \a.dɔ.ʁe\. 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 57403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adonne is recorded at frequency rank #30,454, classified as averb, pronounced \a.dɔn\. adorée is at rank #26,949, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.dɔ.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 57403, this pair ranks #115,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adonne vs adorée
Shared letters: adeo. Private to "adonne": n. Private to "adorée": ré.
"adonne" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adorée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- adonne ← addonne · adnone · adone · adonen · aodnne · daonne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adonne" for "adorée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "adonne" vs "adorée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "adonne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adorée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #115,248 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adonne" and "adorée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adonne vs Argonne". 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 #115,248 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.