Which to use
“adoptée” is a noun and “adoptés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,830
- “adoptée” frequency rank
- #16,536
- “adoptés” frequency rank
- 22366
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoptée | adoptés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme adoptée. | Masculin pluriel de adopté. |
Same sound, different letters: adoptée vs adoptés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. adoptée (VCVCCVV) and adoptés (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - adoptée / adoptés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adoptée and adoptés 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 a single letter - e in “adoptée” becomes s in “adoptés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22366, 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\. adoptés is at rank #16,536, 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 22366, this pair ranks #358,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adoptée vs adoptés
Shared letters: adopté. Private to "adoptée": e. Private to "adoptés": s.
"adoptée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "adoptés" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adoptée" and "adoptés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "adoptée" or "adoptés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,377 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoptée" and "adoptés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptera vs adoptés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #358,377 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.