Which to use
“adoptée” is a noun and “adoptées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,830
- “adoptée” frequency rank
- #15,296
- “adoptées” frequency rank
- 21126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoptée | adoptées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme adoptée. | Féminin pluriel de adopté. |
Same sound, different letters: adoptée vs adoptées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. adoptée runs 7 letters (VCVCCVV) against adoptées's 8 (VCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: adoptée vs adoptées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adoptée and adoptées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.dɔp.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “adoptée” sits inside “adoptées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adoptée is recorded at frequency rank #5,830, classified as anoun, pronounced \a.dɔp.te\. adoptées is at rank #15,296, tagged as anadj, 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 21126, this pair ranks #364,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adoptée vs adoptées
Shared letters: adeopté. Private to "adoptée": -. Private to "adoptées": s.
"adoptée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "adoptées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "adoptée" / "adoptées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #364,717 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoptée" and "adoptées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptées vs adoptera". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #364,717 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.