Which to use
“adoptées” is an adjective and “adopter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,296
- “adoptées” frequency rank
- #3,891
- “adopter” frequency rank
- 19187
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoptées | adopter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de adopté. | Choisir quelqu’un pour fils ou pour fille et lui en donner les droits civils en remplissant certaines conditions prescrites par la loi. |
Same sound, different letters: adoptées vs adopter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. adoptées runs 8 letters (VCVCCVVC) against adopter's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - adoptées and adopter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adoptées and adopter 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 19187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
adoptées is recorded at frequency rank #15,296, classified as anadj, pronounced \a.dɔp.te\. adopter is at rank #3,891, 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 19187, this pair ranks #374,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of adoptées vs adopter
Shared letters: adeopt. Private to "adoptées": sé. Private to "adopter": r.
"adoptées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "adopter" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adopter ← addopter · adopetr · adoppter · adopterr · adoptre · adoptter · adotper · adpoter
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adoptées" and "adopter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "adoptées" or "adopter" show up more?
What to do next
"adoptées" and "adopter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adopter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #374,526 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoptées" and "adopter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoptées vs adoptera". 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 #374,526 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.