Which to use
“adoptée” is a noun and “adoptez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,830
- “adoptée” frequency rank
- #41,108
- “adoptez” frequency rank
- 46938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoptée | adoptez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Femme adoptée. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter. |
Same sound, different letters: adoptée vs adoptez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. adoptée (VCVCCVV) and adoptez (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: adoptée vs adoptez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adoptée and adoptez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \a.dɔp.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46938, 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\. 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 46938, this pair ranks #190,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adoptée vs adoptez
Shared letters: adeopt. Private to "adoptée": é. Private to "adoptez": z.
"adoptée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVV · "adoptez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adoptez ← addoptez · adopetz · adopptez · adoptezz · adopttez · adoptze · adotpez · adpotez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "adoptée" for "adoptez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "adoptée" or "adoptez"?
After this comparison
"adoptée" and "adoptez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptée" 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 #190,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoptée" 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 #190,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.