Which to use
“adopté” and “avorté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,121
- “adopté” frequency rank
- #28,846
- “avorté” frequency rank
- 31967
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adopté | avorté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est légalement adopté. | Se dit d’un organe d’une plante qui ne s’est pas développé là où il devrait se développer. |
Where the eye mixes adopté and avorté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: adopté vs avorté
A purely visual mix-up. adopté (\a.dɔp.te\) and avorté (\a.vɔʁ.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31967, 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\. avorté is at rank #28,846, tagged as anadj, pronounced \a.vɔʁ.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 31967, this pair ranks #300,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adopté vs avorté
Shared letters: aoté. Private to "adopté": dp. Private to "avorté": rv.
"adopté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "avorté" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "adopté" and "avorté" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "adopté" vs "avorté" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "adopté" and "avorté" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "adopté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avorté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #300,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adopté" and "avorté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "avorté vs avouée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #300,431 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.