Which to use
“adoptées” is an adjective and “adoptez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,296
- “adoptées” frequency rank
- #41,108
- “adoptez” frequency rank
- 56404
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | adoptées | adoptez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de adopté. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe adopter. |
Same sound, different letters: adoptées vs adoptez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - adoptées and adoptez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: adoptées and adoptez 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 56404, 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\. 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 56404, this pair ranks #121,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of adoptées vs adoptez
Shared letters: adeopt. Private to "adoptées": sé. Private to "adoptez": z.
"adoptées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCCVVC · "adoptez" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- adoptez ← addoptez · adopetz · adopptez · adoptezz · adopttez · adoptze · adotpez · adpotez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "adoptées" and "adoptez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "adoptées" vs "adoptez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "adoptées" 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 #121,301 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "adoptées" 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 #121,301 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.