Which to use
“adopté” is an adjective and “adoptez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,121
- “adopté” frequency rank
- #41,108
- “adoptez” frequency rank
- 44229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adopté | adoptez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est légalement adopté. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter. |
Same sound, different letters: adopté vs adoptez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. adopté runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against adoptez's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - adopté / adoptez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adopté and adoptez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.dɔp.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adopté is recorded at frequency rank #3,121, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dɔp.te\. adoptez is at rank #41,108, tagged as averb, pronounced \a.dɔp.te\.
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 44229, this pair ranks #212,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adopté vs adoptez
Shared letters: adopt. Private to "adopté": é. Private to "adoptez": ez.
"adopté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adoptez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adoptez ← addoptez · adopetz · adopptez · adoptezz · adopttez · adoptze · adotpez · adpotez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adopté" and "adoptez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "adopté" or "adoptez" show up more?
What to do next
"adopté" and "adoptez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "adopté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,066 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adopté" and "adoptez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptera vs adoptez". 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 #212,066 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.